IP Library Patent Application 14455967
Patent Application
App. No. 14/455,967

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR CELL MODULE

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App. No.
14/455,967
Abstract

A solar cell module includes a solar cell, a light-receiving surface member arranged on a light-receiving surface side of the solar cell, a rear surface member arranged on a rear surface side of the solar cell, a transparent filler layer arranged between the solar cell and the light-receiving surface member, and a colored filler layer arranged between the solar cell and the rear surface member. The colored filler layer exists on at least part of a portion of the light receiving surface of the solar cell, the portion located over a non-power generation region.

Claims (38)

1 . A method of manufacturing a solar cell module comprising:

fabricating a laminate in which a light-receiving surface member, a transparent resin sheet, a solar cell, a colored resin sheet and a rear surface member are stacked in this order; and

heating and simultaneously pressing the laminate with a plate placed on the rear surface member of the laminate, the plate including a thick portion that covers at least part of an area not provided with the solar cell, and a thin portion that covers an area provided with the solar cell and is thinner than the thick portion.

2 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of the solar cells are provided between the transparent resin sheet and the colored resin sheet, and are arranged at intervals, and

the plate covers at least part of an area between adjacent ones of the solar cells.

3 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 2 , wherein

the plate surrounds peripheries of the solar cells.

4 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

the thin portion has an opening.

5 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 2 , wherein

the thin portion has an opening.

6 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 3 , wherein

the thin portion has an opening.

7 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

when the laminate is pressed, the colored resin sheet comes around on a surface of the non-power generation region of the solar cell at a side of the transparent resin sheet.

8 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 2 , wherein

when the laminate is pressed, the colored resin sheet comes around on a surface of the non-power generation region of the solar cell at a side of the transparent resin sheet.

9 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 3 , wherein

when the laminate is pressed, the colored resin sheet comes around on a surface of the non-power generation region of the solar cell at a side of the transparent resin sheet.

10 . The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 4 , wherein

when the laminate is pressed, the colored resin sheet comes around on a surface of the non-power generation region of the solar cell at a side of the transparent resin sheet.

11 . A solar cell module comprising:

a solar cell;

a light-receiving surface member provided on a light-receiving surface side of the solar cell;

a rear surface member provided on a rear surface side of the solar cell;

a transparent filler layer provided between the solar cell and the light-receiving surface member; and

a colored filler layer provided between the solar cell and the rear surface member, wherein

the colored filler layer is positioned on at least a portion of a light receiving surface of the solar cell, the portion located over a non-power generation region.

12 . The solar cell module according to claim 11 , wherein

a plurality of the solar cells are arranged at intervals, and

the colored filler layer is positioned on at least part of a portion of a light receiving surface of the solar cell, the portion located over a non-power generation region and proximate to another solar cell.

13 . The solar cell module according to claim 12 , wherein

the colored filler layer surrounds the power generation regions of the light receiving surfaces of the solar cells.

14 . The solar cell module according to claim 11 , wherein

the colored filler layer is not positioned on a portion located over a power generation region.

15 . The solar cell module according to claim 11 , wherein

the colored filler layer does not cover at least an area where wiring member is provided.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2015
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035071/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035071/0508 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2014
From: TAIRA, SHIGEHARU; SAITA, ATSUSHI; YOSHIMINE, YUKIHIRO
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033502/0883 →