Solar cell module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9973140-B2
Application number	US-201514717347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2015
Priority date	Nov 21, 2012
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A solar cell module comprises a solar cell panel and a frame. A holding portion of a frame piece constituting the frame includes: a base extending upper than the panel upper surface of the solar cell panel from a main body portion 30 B and covering a panel side surface; a nail portion extending from the base to the side of the solar cell panel and covering the panel upper surface; a drainage hole formed by notching a part of the base, said part being positioned lower than the panel upper surface; and a water guide portion formed by notching the nail portion from a connection portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solar cell module comprising:
a solar cell panel; and
a frame constituted by connecting a plurality of frame pieces, each of which includes
a main body portion; and
a holding portion provided on the main body portion to form a groove into which an edge of the solar cell panel is fitted,
wherein in a first frame piece of the plurality of frame pieces, the holding portion comprises:
a base which extends higher than a panel upper surface of the solar cell panel from the main body portion and covers a panel side surface of the solar cell panel;
a nail portion which extends from the base toward the solar cell panel and covers the panel upper surface;
a drainage hole formed by cutting away a portion, of the base, positioned lower than the panel upper surface from a connection portion of the frame pieces; and
a water guide portion formed by cutting away the nail portion from the connection portion;

wherein the plurality of frame pieces each comprise respective inclined end surfaces which are formed by cutting both end portions in a longitudinal direction thereof obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction to coincide with each other in the connection portion; and
the water guide portion is a notch formed at a part of the nail portion positioned at an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the first frame piece, and is formed between the first frame piece and the inclined end surface of a second frame piece of the plurality of frame pieces.

2. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein
the water guide portion has a smaller area going toward the drainage hole.

3. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , further comprising
a drainage outlet portion formed by cutting away a portion, of the base, positioned higher than the panel upper surface at a position separated from the connection portion, wherein
the drainage outlet portion communicates with the water guide portion.

4. The solar cell module according to claim 3 , wherein
a notch width of the drainage outlet portion is smaller than a notch width of an inlet of the water guide portion.

5. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , further comprising
a terminal box attached to the second frame piece along the second frame piece on a panel lower surface side of the solar cell panel, wherein
the second frame piece projects such that a nail portion of the second frame piece covers the terminal box while maintaining an inclination angle of the inclined end surface.

6. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first frame piece, a lower end of the drainage hole is positioned at a height substantially the same as that of an upper surface of the main body portion.

7. A solar cell module comprising:
a solar cell panel; and
a frame constituted by connecting a plurality of frame pieces, each of which includes
a main body portion; and
a holding portion provided on the main body portion to form a groove into which an edge of the solar cell panel is fitted,
wherein in a first frame piece of the plurality of frame pieces, the holding portion comprises:
a base which extends higher than a panel upper surface of the solar cell panel from the main body portion and covers a panel side surface of the solar cell panel;
a nail portion which extends from the base toward the solar cell panel and covers the panel upper surface;
a drainage hole formed by cutting away a portion, of the base, positioned lower than the panel upper surface from a connection portion of the frame pieces; and
a water guide portion formed by cutting away the nail portion from the connection portion;

wherein in the connection portion, a step is formed between an upper surface of the main body portion of the first frame piece of the plurality of frame pieces and an upper surface of the main body portion of a second frame piece of the plurality of frame pieces.

8. The solar cell module according to claim 7 , wherein
the main body portion of each of the frame pieces includes a hollow portion inside, and
a lower surface drainage hole is formed on a lower surface of at least one of the main body portions.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kouyanagi Masao
• Okamoto Shingo
• Tsujii Shinichiro

Classifications

• F24J2/5211

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F24J2/4614

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• Y02B10/12

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02E10/47

  Mountings or tracking · CPC title

• H02S40/34

  comprising specially adapted electrical connection means to be structurally associated with the PV module, e.g. junction boxes · CPC title