Structural element for a solar panel, and structure comprising such an element

• US 20110061709A1
• Filed: 06/04/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
• Original Assignee: Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
• Inventors: Payan, Denis
• Application Number:
  US12/801,376
• Publication Number:
  US 20110061709A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 136/244
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/443 Photovoltaic cell arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/046 PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 20/00 Supporting structures for PV modules
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Abstract

The invention relates to a structural element for a solar panel, comprising at least one layer of dielectric material, characterized in that it comprises conductive means, which are in contact with said layer of dielectric material, and an electrical connection means for connecting the conductive means to the earth of said structure.

Claims

1. Structural element for a solar panel, comprising at least one layer of dielectric material, comprising conductive means, which are in contact with said layer of dielectric material, and an electrical connection means for connecting the conductive means to the earth of said structure.

2. Structural element according to claim 1, wherein said conductive means comprise a grid of metal wires or conductors.

3. Structural element according to claim 2, wherein said metal grid is positioned against a surface of said layer of dielectric material and held by adhesion means, or is vacuum deposited.

4. Structural element according to claim 2, wherein said grid is arranged between two layers of dielectric material.

5. Structural element according to claim 1, wherein said conductive means comprise a conductive coating which covers a surface of said layer of dielectric material at least partially.

6. Structural element according to claim 1, wherein said layer of dielectric material is made of polyimide polymer.

7. Structural element according to claim 1, wherein said layer of dielectric material is a sheet of protective glass for a photoelectric cell.

8. Structural element according to claim 1, wherein said electrical connection means is a conductive element.

9. Structural for a solar panel, comprising at least one structural element according to claim 1.

10. Solar panel comprising a structure according to claim 9.