Terminal box, solar cell module with terminal box, and method for manufacturing solar cell module with terminal box
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShiro Kato
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Abstract
A terminal box includes a terminal box main body (M), a terminal plate (3) to which a lead wire (2) introduced in the terminal box main body (M) is coupled, and a fixed portion (4) that secures at least the terminal plate (3) to the terminal box main body (M). The terminal box includes a filler (7) that seals a peripheral area of the terminal plate (3). The terminal plate (3) includes an opening portion (3b) that serves as a filler supply port and an air vent port.
Claims9
A terminal box, comprising:
- a terminal box main body;
- a terminal plate to which a lead wire introduced in the terminal box main body is coupled;
- and
- a fixed portion that secures the terminal plate to the terminal box main body, wherein
- the terminal box includes a filler that seals a peripheral area of the terminal plate, and
- the terminal plate includes an opening portion that serves as a filler supply port and an air vent port.
A method for manufacturing a solar cell module with a terminal box, the terminal box including a terminal box main body, a terminal plate to which a lead wire introduced in the terminal box main body is coupled, and a fixed portion that secures at least the terminal plate to the terminal box main body, the terminal box including a filler that seals at least a peripheral area of the terminal plate, the terminal plate including an opening portion that serves as a filler supply port and an air vent port, the method comprising:
- mounting the terminal box main body to the solar cell module;
- inserting the lead wire extracted from the solar cell module and introduced to the terminal box main body into an insertion hole of the terminal plate;
- coupling the lead wire and the terminal plate with a solder;
- and
- filling a filler to the terminal box main body and a filler from the opening portion to a rear surface side of the terminal plate to seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.