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AssigneeNeo Solar Power Corp.
InventorsMeng-Hsiu Wu, Hung-Yang Lin, Chien-Liang Chen, Ching-Huang Lin, Chang-Kuei Chung, Sen-Hsiang Hung
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A solar module frame includes two first borders and two second borders. At least one first border includes a first segment and a second segment, where one end of the first segment is connected to one end of the second border, and one end of the second segment is connected to one end of the other second border. The solar module frame includes at least one connection component. One end of the connection component is connected to the other end of the first segment, and the other end of the connection component is connected to the other end of the second segment. Each of the first segment, the second segment, and the connection component includes an external wall, a support wall, a first clamping wall, and a second clamping wall. Each of the first segment and the second segment includes an internal wall.
A solar module frame, comprising two first borders and two second borders, wherein the two first borders are opposite to each other;
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Structural details of PV modules other than those related to light conversion: frame structures
Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules: peripheral frames for modules
Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers: mountings or tracking
Energy generation through renewable energy sources: photovoltaic [PV] energy
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This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. 103121474 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on 2014 Jun. 20, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a frame applied to a solar module, and particularly, to a lightweight solar module frame having heat dissipation and ventilation functions.
FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of a solar module frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is another schematic three-dimensional view of a solar module frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic three-dimensional exploded view of a solar module frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;
A solar module framework 1 is disclosed, where FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the solar module frame according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is another schematic three-dimensional view of the solar module frame according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic three-dimensional exploded view of the solar module frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The solar module frame 1 in this embodiment includes two first borders 11 opposite to each other and two second borders 12 opposite to each other. At least one first border 11 includes a first segment 111 and a second segment 112. One end of the first segment 111 is connected to one end of one second border 12, and one end of the second segment 112 is connected to one end of the other second border 12. In this embodiment, both the first border 11 and the second border 12 are of a double-wall structure, and space is formed between two walls. A conventional L-shaped corner joint piece (not shown in the figure) may be inserted into space of the first border 11 and space of the second border 12, so that the first border and the second border are fixedly connected. In another embodiment, the first segment 111 and the second segment 112 may be fixedly connected to the second borders 12 by using locking pieces. When the first segment 111 and the second segment 112 of the first border 11 are fixedly connected to the second borders 12 by using the locking pieces, a locking hole fitting the locking piece is provided on the first border 11 and/or the second border 12. In another embodiment, when the first border 11 is of a double-wall structure and the second border 12 is of a single-wall structure, the first border 11 and the second border 12 may be fixedly connected by using a modified L-shaped corner joint piece. The modified L-shaped corner joint piece has functions of insertion and clamping, where one end thereof may be inserted into space formed by the double-wall structure of the first border 11, and the other end has a clamping arm which can clamp a single-wall piece of the second border 12, so that the first border 11 is fixedly connected to the second border 12. Therefore, in the solar module frame 1 according to the present invention, strength at four corners is not reduced as the border structure or material changes. A material of the corner joint piece may be metal, plastic, glass, ceramic, carbon fiber, or a combination thereof, and at least one protrusion, depression, or roughened structure may be provided on a surface of the corner joint piece, to reduce sliding between the frame and the corner joint piece.
Referring to FIG. 3, each of the two first borders 11 includes a first segment 111 and a second segment 112. The first segments 111 of the first borders 11 are connected to two ends of a same second border 12 respectively, and the second segments 112 of the first borders 11 are connected to two ends of the other second border 12 respectively, so as to form two U-shaped frame parts that are substantially the same. Materials of the two U-shaped frame parts are metal, so as to provide a sufficient mechanical weight bearing capacity, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In another embodiment, materials of the first segments 111 and the second segments 112 of the first borders 11 may be plastic, glass, ceramic, carbon fiber, or a combination thereof.