Original form body of flexible printed-wiring board, method of manufacturing flexible printed-wiring board, concentrated photovoltaic power generation module, and light emitting module

A manufacturing method for a flexible printed circuit, comprising:

• mounting a printed circuit unit including an electric circuit, on a plurality of strip-shaped flexible substrates extending in an X direction when one direction is defined as the X direction;
• preparing a precursor body of the flexible printed circuit by, in a state where the plurality of flexible substrates are aligned so as to be close to each other in a Y direction orthogonal to the X direction, making the plurality of flexible substrates connected to each other by a plurality of connection bands extending in the Y direction;
• cutting each of the connection bands at an intermediate position between two adjacent flexible substrates such that the flexible substrates are separated from each other in the Y direction, when mounting to an installation target;
• and
• developing the plurality of flexible substrates separated in parallel from each other, into a desired shape to form the flexible printed circuit, each of the plurality of flexible substrates having remnants of the connection bands at both sides in the Y direction to be adhered to the installation target.

A concentrator photovoltaic module for concentrating sunlight and generating power, the concentrator photovoltaic module comprising:

• a housing;
• a concentrating portion mounted so as to face a bottom surface of the housing;
• and
• a flexible printed circuit provided on the bottom surface of the housing so as to form a plurality of rows, wherein
• the flexible printed circuit in each row includes
• a strip-shaped flexible substrate extending in an X direction when one direction is defined as the X direction,
• a printed circuit unit including a plurality of cells which are mounted on the flexible substrate at equal intervals in the X direction and are for performing photoelectric conversion by sunlight concentrated by the concentrating portion and an electric circuit related to the cells, and
• a remnant of a connection band remaining at the flexible substrate and extending in both sides with respect to a Y direction orthogonal to the X direction, the remnant being to be adhered to the bottom surface.

A light emitting module for emitting light upon receiving power supplied from outside, the light emitting module comprising:

• a housing;
• a light-transmissive plate mounted so as to face a bottom surface of the housing;
• and
• a flexible printed circuit provided on the bottom surface of the housing so as to form a plurality of rows, wherein
• the flexible printed circuit in each row includes
• a strip-shaped flexible substrate extending in an X direction when one direction is defined as the X direction,
• a printed circuit unit including light emitting elements mounted on the flexible substrate at equal intervals in the X direction and an electric circuit related to the light emitting elements, and
• a remnant of a connection band remaining at the flexible substrate and extending in both sides with respect to a Y direction orthogonal to the X direction, the remnant being to be adhered to the bottom surface.