Roof tile-cum-solar battery module
AssigneeKaneka Corporation
InventorsIchiro Nakazima, Teruki Hatsukaiwa, Fumihiro Tanigawa
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Abstract
A tile for attaching a solar battery module to the roof of a house comprises a substantially rectangular plate-like tile body. The upper surface of the tile body has a plurality of projecting portions and depressed portions alternately extending over the entire length of the tile in a direction of inclination of the roof. The upper surface of the tile body also has a recess for receiving the solar battery module. The recess has a bottom portion to be brought into contact with the reverse surface of the solar battery module. The recess also has a plurality of stop portions to be brought into contact with edge portions of the solar battery module to hold them.
Claims17
A tile mounted on an inclined roof of a building, comprising:
- a tile body having a plurality of projecting portions and a plurality of depressed portions alternately extending over an entire length of the tile in a direction of inclination of the inclined roof;
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- a recess formed in at least one of the projecting portions of the tile body for receiving a solar battery module, the recess including a bottom portion to be brought into contact with a reverse surface of the solar battery module, and at least one stop portion to be brought into contact with an edge portion of the solar battery module to hold it, the bottom portion being at a lower level than the projecting portions and at a higher level than the depressed portions.
A tile mounted on an inclined roof of a building, comprising:
- a plurality of projecting portions extending over an entire length of the tile in a direction of inclination of the inclined roof;
- a plurality of depressed portions each interposed between each pair of adjacent ones of the projecting portions, the depressed portions each having opposite ends opening at an upper end and a lower end of the tile, the depressed portions serving as drain passages for downwardly discharging rainwater in the direction of inclination of the roof;
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- an accommodating recess formed in one of the projecting portions for accommodating a terminal box projecting from a reverse surface of the solar battery module.
A tile-cum-solar battery module mounted on an inclined roof of a building, comprising:
- a tile body having a plurality of projecting portions and a plurality of depressed portions alternately extending over an entire length of the tile in a direction of inclination of the inclined roof, the depressed portions each having opposite ends opening at an upper end and a lower end of the tile, the depressed portions serving as drain passages for downwardly discharging rainwater in the direction of inclination of the roof;
- a recess formed in at least one of the projecting portions of the tile body;
- a solar battery module placed in the recess, the recess including a bottom portion to be brought into contact with a reverse surface of the solar battery module, and at least one stop portion to be brought into contact with an edge portion of the solar battery module to hold it, the bottom portion being at a lower level than the projecting portions and at a higher level than the depressed portions;
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- an accommodating recess formed in the bottom portion of the recess for accommodating a terminal box projecting from the reverse surface of the solar battery module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.