Title:
PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE FRAMING SYSTEM EQUIPPED INTEGRALLY WITH ELECTRIC RACEWAY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3238681
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily install and assemble by a method wherein an electric wire enclosure assembly is provided with a frame on the circumference of a photovoltaic module, the frame has a rail which receives a clamp means, and an electric raceway is provided thereon.
SOLUTION: Each photovoltaic module is provided with a laminated sheet, a mechanical frame 162 which fixes and supports the laminated sheet, and electric wires 164 and 166 which are connected to the laminated sheet. The outside end rail 170 and the inside end rail 172, which are provided on the frame 162, constitute an outside end cap and an inside end cap, these end cps are extended to between side rails, and they are connected to the side rails by screws or other clamping means of the screw bosses 174 and 176 (screw hole) of the end cap. The outside end rail has an L-shaped outside flange having an outside access aperture, and the L-type flange fixes the partially surrounded wire race way 194 of an outward external part.
Inventors:
Paul Garbison
Donald Bee Warfield
Donald Bee Warfield
Application Number:
JP21342399A
Publication Date:
December 17, 2001
Filing Date:
July 28, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BP Solar Rex
International Classes:
E04D3/40; E04D13/18; H01L31/02; H01L31/042; H01L31/048; H01L31/078; H02S20/23; H02S30/10; H02S40/36; (IPC1-7): H01L31/042; E04D13/18
Domestic Patent References:
| JP669527A | ||||
| JP10159454A | ||||
| JP7153985A | ||||
| JP5837975A | ||||
| JP7263737A | ||||
| JP10190035A | ||||
| JP682866U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (5 outside)
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