SOLAR CELL-BEARING ROOF AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SOLAR CELL-BEARING ROOF

• US 20010034982A1
• Filed: 11/27/1998
• Published: 11/01/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: FUJISAKI, TATSUO, NAGAO, YOSHITAKA, FUKAE, KIMITOSHI, TOYOMURA, FURNITAKA, ITOYAMA, SHIGENORI
• Granted Patent: US 6,606,830 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/173.3
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/40 using plate-like mounting elements, e.g. profiled or corrugated plates; Plate-like module frames extending in directions away from a supporting surface F24S25/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 20/23 specially adapted for roof structures
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 Mountings or tracking
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 136/291 Applications

Abstract

A solar cell-bearing roof comprising a roof base member provided on a partition wall which partitions a building into an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, a solar cell module provided on said roof base member, and an electric wiring whose one end portion being electrically connected with said solar cell module, wherein the remaining end portion of said electric wiring is drawn to the outside from between said roof base member and said solar cell module and at an outdoor-sided position than an indoor side face of said partition wall. An execution method for installing said solar cell-bearing roof. A power generation system and a building in which said solar cell-bearing roof is used.

Claims

1. A solar cell-bearing roof comprising a roof base member provided on a partition wall which partitions a building into an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, a solar cell module provided on said roof base member, and an electric wiring whose one end portion being electrically connected with said solar cell module, wherein the remaining end portion of said electric wiring is draw to the outside from between said roof base member and said solar cell module and at an outdoor-sided position than an indoor side face of said partition wall.

2. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 1

, wherein the roof base member has a throughhole at its outdoor-sided position than the indoor side face of the partition wall and the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn through said throughhole.

3. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 1

, wherein the roof base member comprises a sheathing roof board.

4. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 1

which further comprises a roof accommodating member provided at an end portion of the roof, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through a wire-drawing means provided at said roof accommodating member.

5. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 4

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath having a throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

6. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 4

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath having a first throughhole, a fascia board having a second throughhole, and a pipe of communicating said first throughhole and said second throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said pipe.

7. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 1

, wherein said roof comprises a shed roof having a ridge accommodating member, said ridge accommodating member having a throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

8. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 1

, wherein the electric wiring comprises a power output wiring for outputting an electric power generated by the solar cell module.

9. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 1

, wherein the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material and the electric wiring includes an earthing wire for earthing said peripheral conductive material.

10. A solar cell-bearing roof according to

claim 1

which further comprises a conductive roof accommodating member provided at an end portion of the roof, the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material, wherein the electric wiring electrically connects said peripheral conductive material and said conductive roof accommodating member, and said conductive roof accommodating member is electrically grounded by means of an earthing wire.

11. An execution method for installing a solar cell-bearing roof, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a solar cell module on a roof base member provided on a partition wall of a building, said partition wall partitioning said building into an indoor portion and an outdoor portion;

(b) electrically connecting an end portion of an electric wiring with said solar cell module between said roof base member and said solar cell module, and (c) drawing the remaining end portion of said electric wiring to the outside from between said roof base member and said solar cell module and at an outdoor-sided position than an indoor side face of said partition wall.

12. An execution method according to

claim 11

which further comprises a step of forming a throughhole at the roof base member at its outdoor-sided position than the indoor side face of the partition wall, wherein in the drawing step (c), the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn through said throughhole.

13. An execution method according to

claim 11

, wherein the roof base member comprises a sheathing roof board.

14. An execution method according to

claim 11

which further comprises a step of providing a roof accommodating member provided with a wire-drawing means at a roof end portion, wherein in the drawing step (c), the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn through said wire-drawing means of said roof accommodating member.

15. An execution method according to

claim 14

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath, a throughhole is formed at said wide lath, and the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

16. An execution method according to

claim 14

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath and a fascia board, a first throughhole is formed at said wide lath, a second throughhole is formed at said fascia board, communicating said first throughhole and said second throughhole by a pipe, and the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said pipe.

17. An execution method according to

claim 11

, wherein the solar cell-bearing roof comprises a shed roof having a ridge accommodating member, a throughhole is formed at said ridge accommodating member, wherein in the drawing step (c), the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

19. An execution method according to

claim 11

, wherein the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material and the electric wiring includes an earthing wire for earthing said peripheral conductive material.

20. An execution method according to

claim 11

, wherein the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material, a conductive roof accommodating member is formed at an end portion of the roof, and the drawing step (c) comprises steps of electrically connecting said peripheral conductive material and said conductive roof accommodating member by the electric wiring and electrically grounding said conductive roof accommodating member by means of an earthing wire.

18. An execution method according to clam 11, wherein the electric wiring comprises a power output wiring for outputting an electric power generated by the solar cell module.

21. A power generation system comprising a solar cell-bearing roof comprising a solar cell module which is provided on a roof base member provided on a partition wall of a building, said partition wall partitioning said building into an indoor portion and an outdoor portion;

an electric wiring whose one end portion being electrically connected with said solar cell module between said roof base member and said solar cell module, the remaining end portion of said electric wiring being drawn to the outside from between said roof base member and said solar cell module and at an outdoor-sided position than an indoor side face of said partition wall; and

an inverter to which the drawn remaining end portion of said electric wiring is electrically connected.

22. A power generation system according to

claim 21

, wherein the roof base member has a throughhole at its outdoor-sided position than the indoor side face of the partition wall and the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn through said throughhole.

23. A power generation system according to

claim 21

, wherein the roof base member comprises a sheathing roof board.

24. A power generation system according to

claim 21

which further comprises a roof accommodating member, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through a wire-drawing means provided at said roof accommodating member.

25. A power generation system according to

claim 24

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath having a throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

26. A power generation system according to

claim 24

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath having a first throughhole, a fascia board having a second throughhole, and a pipe of communicating said first throughhole and said second throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said pipe.

27. A power generation system according to

claim 21

, wherein the solar cell-bearing roof comprises a shed roof having a ridge accommodating member, said ridge accommodating member having a throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

28. A power generation system according to

claim 21

, wherein the electric wiring comprises a power output wiring for outputting an electric power generated by the solar cell module.

29. A power generation system according to

claim 21

, wherein the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material and the electric wiring includes an earthing wire for earthing said periphery conductive material.

30. A power generation system according to

claim 21

which further comprises a conductive roof accommodating member provided at an end portion of the roof, the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material, wherein the electric wiring electrically connects said peripheral conductive material and said conductive roof accommodating member, and said conductive roof accommodating member is electrically grounded by means of an earthing wire.

31. A building provided with a solar cell-bearing roof, comprising a partition wall which partitions said building into an indoor portion and an outdoor portion;

a roof base member provided on said partition wall;

a solar cell module provided on said roof base member; and

an electric wiring whose one end portion being electrically connected with said solar cell module, wherein the remaining end portion of said electric wiring is drawn to the outside from between said roof base member and said solar cell module and at an outdoor-sided position than an indoor side face of said partition wall.

32. A building according to

claim 31

, wherein the roof base member has a throughhole at its outdoor-sided position than the indoor side face of the partition wall and the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn through said throughhole.

33. A building according to

claim 31

, wherein the roof base member comprises a sheathing roof board.

34. A building according to

claim 31

which further comprises a roof accommodating member provided at an end portion of the roof, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through a wire-drawing means provided at said roof accommodating member.

35. A building according to

claim 34

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath having a throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

36. A building according to

claim 34

, wherein the roof accommodating member comprises a wide lath having a first throughhole, a fascia board having a second throughhole, and a pipe of communicating said first throughhole and said second throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said pipe.

37. A building according to

claim 31

, wherein the solar cell-bearing roof comprises a shed roof having a ridge accommodating member, said ridge accommodating member having a throughhole, wherein the remaining end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside through said throughhole.

38. A building according to

claim 31

, wherein the electric wiring comprises a power output wiring for outputting an electric power generated by the solar cell module .

39. A building according to

claim 31

, wherein the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material and the electric wiring includes an earthing wire for earthing said peripheral conductive material.

40. A building according to

claim 31

which further comprises a conductive roof accommodating member provided at an end portion of the solar cell-bearing roof, the solar cell module has a peripheral conductive material, wherein the electric wiring electrically connects said peripheral conductive material and said conductive roof accommodating member, and said conductive roof accommodating member is electrically grounded by means of an earthing wire.