Photovoltaic array system, photovoltaic device thereof, and frame element of photovoltaic device thereof
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorsHuang-Chi Tseng, De-Chih Liu, Ming-Yuan Huang
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a photovoltaic array system, a photovoltaic device of the photovoltaic array system, and a frame element of the photovoltaic device of the photovoltaic array system. The frame element includes a groove, a receiving hole and a metal wire. The groove extends along a longitudinal axial direction of the frame element for holding one lateral side of a photovoltaic panel. The receiving hole extends along the longitudinal axial direction for receiving the metal wire therein, and is parallel to the longitudinal axial direction.
Claims15
At least two metal wires respectively installed in the at least two receiving holes and extending along the longitudinal axial direction,
- two stop blocks respectively installed at two opposite ends of each of the at least two metal wires and restrained out of each of the at least two receiving holes,
- wherein the main body is partitioned into a first half part and a second half part by an imaginary separation line which horizontally passes through a centroid of a horizontal cross surface of the main body, and the groove is located in the first half part and the at least two metal wires are respectively disposed inside the first half part and the second half part of the main body.
A photovoltaic array system comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a photovoltaic array supported on the base, the photovoltaic array comprising:
- a plurality of photovoltaic devices arranged in an array form, each of the photovoltaic devices comprising:
- a photovoltaic panel;
- and
- a frame element, comprising:
- an elongated main body extending along a longitudinal axial direction;
- a groove formed on one surface of the main body and extending along the longitudinal axial direction and engaged with one long side of the photovoltaic panel;
- and
- the main body having two receiving holes formed therein and the receiving holes extending along the longitudinal axial direction, wherein the receiving holes of the frame elements of each row of the photovoltaic devices are mutually aligned;
- and
- two metal wires respectively passing through the mutually-aligned receiving holes and extending along the longitudinal axial direction, wherein a plurality of sections of the metal wires which are disposed outside the mutually-aligned receiving holes are securely connected to the base, wherein the main body is partitioned into a first half part and a second half part by an imaginary separation line which horizontally passes through a centroid of a horizontal cross surface of the main body, and the groove is in the first half part, and the metal wires are respectively disposed inside the first half part and the second half part of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.