Solar cell module, method of connecting solar cell module, method of installing solar cell module and method of grounding solar cell module

• US 20010050102A1
• Filed: 06/06/2001
• Published: 12/13/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsumi, Shin, Yagiura, Toshio
• Granted Patent: US 6,960,716 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 136/244
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 20/23 specially adapted for roof structures
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 40/34 comprising specially adapted electrical connection means to be structurally associated with the PV module, e.g. junction boxes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 136/291 Applications

Abstract

A solar cell module includes a connecting member to be passed through a coating of a cable for electrically connecting a plurality of solar cell modules and to be electrically connected to a core wire of the cable. The solar cell module is connected to the cable by pressing the connecting member of the solar cell module to pass through the coating of the cable and come into contact with the core wire of the cable. An electrical connection of the solar cell module with a ground wire is made by a similar technique.

Claims

1. A solar cell module to be connected to a cable constructed by sealing a core wire with a coating, comprising:

a solar cell portion; and

a connecting member to be passed through the coating of said cable and electrically connected to the core wire of said cable.

2. The solar cell module of

claim 1

, further comprising a supporting body for supporting said solar cell portion and said connecting member.

3. The solar cell module of

claim 1

, wherein said connecting member is a pair of positive and negative connecting members to be electrically connected to a pair of positive and negative core wires of said cable.

6. A method of connecting a solar cell module to a cable, comprising the steps of:

preparing a solar cell module of

claim 1

; and

connecting the prepared solar cell module to said cable by pressing a connecting member of the prepared solar cell module to pass through a coating of said cable and come into contact with a core wire of said cable.

4. A solar cell module to be connected to a cable constructed by sealing a core wire with a coating, comprising:

a solar cell portion;

a pair of positive and negative connecting members to be passed through the coating of said cable and electrically connected to the core wire of said cable; and

a cutting member for cutting the core wire of said cable connected to said pair of positive and negative connecting members between said pair of positive and negative connecting members.

5. The solar cell module of

claim 4

, further comprising a supporting body for supporting said solar cell portion and said pair of positive and negative connecting members.

7. A method of connecting a solar cell module to a cable, comprising the steps of:

preparing a solar cell module of

claim 4

; and

connecting the prepared solar cell module to said cable by pressing a pair of positive and negative connecting members of the prepared solar cell module to pass through a coating of said cable and come into contact with a core wire of said cable.

8. A method of installing a plurality of solar cell modules to overlap each other on an installing body, comprising the steps of:

arranging the solar cell modules so that a lower portion of the solar cell module on an upper side and an upper portion of the solar cell module on a lower side overlap each other; and

fixing each overlapped portion to said installing body by a screw fixation.

9. The method of installing solar cell modules of

claim 8

, wherein

an electrical connection of the solar cell module on the lower side with a cable is made by the screw fixation.

10. A solar cell module to be connected to a ground wire constructed by sealing a core wire with a coating, comprising:

a solar cell portion; and

a ground connecting member to be passed through the coating of said ground wire and electrically connected to the core wire of said ground wire.

11. The solar cell module of

claim 10

, further comprising a supporting body, made of a metal, for supporting said solar cell portion and said ground connecting member.

12. A method of connecting a solar cell module to a ground wire, comprising the steps of:

preparing a solar cell module of

claim 10

; and

connecting the prepared solar cell module to said ground wire by pressing a ground connecting member of the prepared solar cell module to pass through a coating of said ground wire and come into contact with a core wire of said ground wire.

13. A method of installing a solar cell module on an installing body, comprising the steps of:

preparing a solar cell module of

claim 11

; and

performing simultaneously a connection of said ground connecting member to said supporting body and an installation of the prepared solar cell module on said installing body by a screw fixation.