IP Library Granted Patent US 8,404,968
Granted Patent B2
US 8,404,968 · App. 12/919,733 · Granted Mar 26, 2013

Photovoltaic power generating system

Inventors: Tatsuji Kanbara (Higashiomi, JP); Hiroaki Hirata (Higashiomi, JP); Hideaki Fukui (Ise, JP); Kenichiro Sumida (Higashiomi, JP)
Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,404,968
App. No.
12/919,733
Granted
Mar 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photovoltaic power generating system of the present invention includes a solar cell module 1 , an installation platform 2 for holding a pair of ends of the solar cell module 1 , and at least one supporting member 3 disposed on a side of a non-light-receiving surface 1 B of the solar cell module 1 , wherein the supporting member 3 is disposed at such a distance from the non-light-receiving surface 1 B of the solar cell module 1 that the supporting member 3 can abut against the non-light-receiving surface 1 B by deformation of the solar cell module 1. A deforming amount of the solar cell module 1 is increased in accordance with an external force applied to the solar cell module 1.

Claims (16)

1. A photovoltaic power generating system, comprising:

a solar cell module;

an installation platform for holding a pair of ends of said solar cell module; and

at least one supporting member disposed on a side of a non-light-receiving surface of said solar cell module, wherein

said supporting member is disposed at a non-zero distance from the non-light-receiving surface of said solar cell module such that said supporting member can abut against the non-light-receiving surface by deformation of said solar cell module, and

said supporting member has, at a central part of said solar cell module, a convex part projecting toward said solar cell module.

2. The photovoltaic power generating system according to claim 1 , wherein

a deforming amount of said solar cell module is increased in accordance with an external force applied to said solar cell module.

3. The photovoltaic power generating system according to claim 1 , wherein

a supporting surface of said supporting member includes a step.

4. The photovoltaic power generating system according to claim 1 , wherein

said at least one supporting member is disposed such that it is superposed on a center part of said solar cell module as viewed from above in a see-through manner.

5. The photovoltaic power generating system according to claim 1 , wherein

a distance between said solar cell module and said supporting member has a distance δ in which an absolute value of a maximum bending moment and an absolute value of a minimum bending moment generated in said solar cell module become equal to each other when a permissible maximum load is applied to a light-receiving surface of said solar cell module as a maximum value.

6. The photovoltaic power generating system according to claim 5 , wherein

a distance between a center part of said solar cell module and said supporting member is said distance δ.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2010
From: KANBARA, TATSUJI; HIRATA, HIROAKI; FUKUI, HIDEAKI; SUMIDA, KENICHIRO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2008-047042 · Feb 28, 2008 · national
JP 2008-277710 · Oct 29, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110005581A1 · Jan 13, 2011