Output line connection structure for solar cell module
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshiroh Takaba, Yasushi Yoshikawa Funakoshi
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Abstract
A solar cell module includes a solar cell string sealed between a transparent substrate and a back surface protection member. The solar cell string includes solar cell connection units in each of which a plurality of solar cells adjacent in a first direction is connected in series with each other. Each of the solar cell connection units is provided with an output wiring member. The output wiring member extends to an outside through the back surface protection member. Outlets and a terminal box are positioned apart from each other in an in-plane direction of the back surface protection member.
Claims5
An output line connection structure for a solar cell module, the output line connection structure connecting output wiring members in the solar cell module to a terminal box, the solar cell module comprising:
- a solar cell string that is sealed between a transparent substrate and a back surface protection member positioned as a backside surface of the solar cell module, the solar cell string comprising a plurality of solar cells connected in series to each other, wherein:
- the solar cell string further comprises a plurality of solar cell connection units in each of which a plurality of solar cells adjacent in a first direction is connected in series to each other,
- a plurality of bus bars is provided at a starting end and a terminating end of each of the solar cell connection units, such that two of the solar cell connection units, in the plurality of solar cell connection units, that are adjacent in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, are connected in series to each other,
- each of the output wiring members has a first end thereof connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of bus bars, and has a second end thereof establishing electrical continuity with the terminal box,
- each of the output wiring members extends to an outside of the back surface protection member through an outlet, of a plurality of outlets, that penetrates the back surface protection member, wherein the plurality of outlets is provided at a plurality of locations at opposite ends in the first direction of the back surface protection member, and
- the plurality of outlets of the output wiring members and the terminal box are positioned apart from each other in an in-plane direction of the back surface protection member.
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