# US 10,312,852 B2 · Mounting structure for concentrated photovoltaic module housing, concentrated photovoltaic module, concentrated photovoltaic panel, and concentrated photovoltaic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,312,852 B2 - Document ID: US10312852B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/742,277 - Filed: 2016-06-14 - Published: 2018-08-16 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-09 - Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Kenji Saito; Akihiko Kojima; Koji Mori; Tomohiro Nemoto; Youichi Nagai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10312852B2 ## CPC - H02S 20/10: Supporting structures directly fixed to the ground (H02S20/30 takes precedence) - H02S 20/30: Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment - H02S 20/32: specially adapted for solar tracking - H02S 30/10: Frame structures - H02S 40/22: Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means (directly associated with the PV cell or integrated with the PV cell H10F77/42) - H02S 40/36: characterised by special electrical interconnection means between two or more PV modules, e.g. electrical module-to-module connection - H10F 19/80: Encapsulations or containers for integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells - H10F 77/484: {Refractive light-concentrating means, e.g. lenses} - H10F 77/42: directly associated or integrated with photovoltaic cells, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means - Y02E 10/52: PV systems with concentrators - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A mounting structure of a housing 11 for a concentrator photovoltaic module 1M includes: a bottom plate 15 framed from an electric conductor and having a plurality of cells 12c arrayed thereat; a side wall frame 16 made of resin, the side wall frame 16 standing along the outer edge of the bottom plate 15 and configured to hold a concentrating portion 13 so as to face the bottom plate 15; a pair of the frames 8 (support member) each being a grounded electric conductor, the pair of the frames 8 configured to be in contact with the bottom plate 15 to support the module 1M; and bolts 25 and nuts 26, as a fastening member, configured to fasten the pair of the frames 8 and the bottom plate 15 to each other thereby to fix the module 1M to the pair of the frames 8, the bolts 25 and the nuts 26 each being an electric conductor thereby to serve as paths for electric connection from the bottom plate 15 to the pair of the frames 8. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting structure for a concentrator photovoltaic module housing configured to be used in a concentrator photovoltaic module, the concentrator photovoltaic module including: a plurality of power generating elements; and a concentrating member configured to concentrate sunlight toward each of the plurality of power generating elements, the mounting structure comprising: a bottom plate formed from an electric conductor and having the plurality of power generating elements arrayed thereat; a side wall frame made of resin, the side wall frame standing along an outer edge of the bottom plate and configured to hold the concentrating member so as to face the bottom plate; a support member being a grounded electric conductor, the support member configured to be in contact with the bottom plate to support the concentrator photovoltaic module; and a fastening member configured to fasten the support member and the bottom plate to each other thereby to fix the concentrator photovoltaic module to the support member, the fastening member being formed from an electric conductor thereby to serve as a path for electric connection from the bottom plate to the support member, wherein the fastening member includes: a bolt configured to penetrate the bottom plate and the support member; and a nut configured to be screwed with the bolt to fasten the bottom plate and the support member, wherein a holding portion holding the nut or a head of the bolt inside the housing and at an inner face of the bottom plate is formed integrally with an inner face of the side wall frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mounting structure for the concentrator photovoltaic module housing according to claim 1, wherein the nut or the head of the bolt is held with the nut or the head of the bolt embedded in the holding portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mounting structure for the concentrator photovoltaic module housing according to claim 1, wherein the nut or the head of the bolt is inserted and held in the holding portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mounting structure for the concentrator photovoltaic module housing according to claim 1, wherein a seal layer for sealing inside of the concentrator photovoltaic module is formed between the holding portion and the inner face of the bottom plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A concentrator photovoltaic module using the mounting structure for the concentrator photovoltaic module housing according to claim 1. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A concentrator photovoltaic panel formed by arranging a plurality of the concentrator photovoltaic modules according to claim 5. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A concentrator photovoltaic apparatus comprising: the concentrator photovoltaic panel according to claim 6; and a driving device configured to drive the concentrator photovoltaic panel to track movement of the sun while the concentrator photovoltaic panel is oriented toward a direction of the sun.