# US 2015/0144179 A1 · Solar cell module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0144179 A1 - Document ID: US20150144179A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/276,072 - Filed: 2014-05-13 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-27 - Assignees: Au Optronics Corporation - Applicants: AU Optronics Corporation - Inventors: Yung-Chih CHEN; Huang-Chi TSENG; Chieh-Min CHENG; Wen-Yuan LIAO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150144179A1 ## CPC - H02S 30/10: Frame structures - F24S 25/20: Peripheral frames for modules - F24S 25/65: for coupling adjacent supporting elements, e.g. for connecting profiles together - Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy - 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) - F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A solar cell module includes a solar panel, a first frame strip, a second frame strip, and a connecting member. The first frame strip and the second frame strip are both assembled at the edges of the solar panel. The connecting member includes two top wind plates, a bottom wind plate, a connecting web, and two connecting terminal portions. A gap is formed between the two top wind plates. The connecting web is connected to the two top wind plates and the bottom wind plate, and has a breach and at least one corner. The breach and the gap form a drainage ditch to expose a corner of the solar panel. The two connecting terminal portions extend from the connecting web, so as to be detachably connected to the first frame strip and the second frame strip via the two connecting terminal portions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A solar cell module, comprising: a solar panel; at least one first frame strip assembled at an edge of the solar panel; at least one second frame strip assembled at an edge of the solar panel; and at least one connecting member, comprising: two top wind plates, wherein a gap is formed between the two top wind plates; a bottom wind plate disposed opposite to the two top wind plates; a connecting web connected to the two top wind plates and the bottom wind plate, the connecting web having a breach and at least one corner, wherein the breach is disposed at the corner and is connected to the gap, such that the breach and the gap form a drainage ditch which exposes at least one corner of the solar panel; and two connecting terminal portions respectively extending from the connecting web, such that the connecting member is detachably connected to the first frame strip and the second frame strip via the two connecting terminal portions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The solar cell module of claim 1, wherein an angle is formed at the corner of the connecting web of the connecting member, and the angle is about 90 degrees. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The solar cell module of claim 1, wherein the two top wind plates of the connecting member are symmetric with respect to the gap. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The solar cell module of claim 1, wherein the first frame strip has a first groove, and the second frame strip has a second groove; one of the connecting terminal portions is configured to be inserted to the first groove, and another of the connecting terminal portions is configured to be inserted to the second groove. ### Claim 5 A solar cell module, comprising: a solar panel; at least one first frame strip assembled at an edge of the solar panel; at least one second frame strip assembled at an edge of the solar panel; and at least one connecting member detachably connected to the first frame strip and the second frame strip, the connecting member comprising: two top wind plates, wherein a gap is formed between the two top wind plates; a bottom wind plate disposed opposite to the two top wind plates; a connecting web connected to the two top wind plates and the bottom wind plate, such that the two top wind plates, the bottom wind plate, and the connecting web together define an accommodating recess, wherein the connecting web has a breach and at least one corner, and the breach is disposed at the corner and is connected to the gap, such that the breach and the gap form a drainage ditch, and the drainage ditch exposes at least one corner of the solar panel; and a connecting portion at least disposed in the accommodating recess, and being detachably connected to the first frame strip and the second frame strip. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The solar cell module of claim 5, wherein an angle is formed at the corner of the connecting web of the connecting member, and the angle is about 90 degrees. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The solar cell module of claim 5, wherein the connecting portion has two terminal portions opposite to each other and respectively extending from the accommodating recess. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The solar cell module of claim 7, wherein the first frame strip has a first groove, and the second frame strip has a second groove; one of the terminal portions of the connecting portion is configured to be inserted to the first groove, and another of the terminal portions of the connecting portion is configured to be inserted to the second groove. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The solar cell module of claim 5, wherein the two top wind plates of the connecting member are symmetric with respect to the gap, and the connecting member further comprises a spacing plate disposed between the two top wind plates and the bottom wind plate, wherein the spacing plate is connected to the connecting web, and a portion of the solar panel is disposed between the two top wind plates and the spacing plate of the connecting member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The solar cell module of claim 9, wherein the connecting member further comprises: at least one coupling portion connected to the spacing plate, the connecting portion being detachably disposed in the accommodating recess via the coupling portion.