Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Koji Mori

Takashi Iwasaki

Kenji Saito

Youichi Nagai

Kazumasa Toya

Rui Mikami

Makoto Inagaki

Yoshiya Abiko

Yoshiki Kuhara

Masao Moriguchi

Nobuyuki Okuda

Takeshi Yamana

Kazushi Iyatani

Nozomu Kawabe

Takayasu Sugihara

Yoshiki Matsuzaki

Masahiro Yamakawa

Osamu Mizuno

Masayuki Nishizawa

Hiroyuki Konaka

Nobuyuki Mori

Yukihiro Oishi

Masatada Numano

Ryuichi Inoue

Atsuo Matsumoto

Takahiko Kitamura

Akihiko Kojima

Seiji Yamamoto

Tomohiro Nemoto

Kohji Inokuchi

Atsushi Kubo

Shigeki Yoshimoto

Yousuke Igarashi

Katsuo Inoue

Yoshikazu Kogetsu

Takeshi Umehara

Masataka Kobayashi

This method for detecting a poor module-mounting-state in a concentrator photovoltaic apparatus includes: photographing a surface of an array by an imaging device; obtaining an image in which a virtual image, magnified through a condenser lens, of a light receiving portion including a cell and a vicinity thereof is formed, and a collection of pixels of the virtual image forms a composite virtual image of an entirety of the light receiving portion, the composite virtual image being projected over a plurality of modules; and detecting a poor module-mounting-state based on a form of the composite virtual image.

Method for detecting poor mounting state of module, and array

This wiring module includes: a wiring substrate; a base portion at which the wiring substrate is placed; and an adhesive layer configured to adhere the wiring substrate to the base portion, wherein the wiring substrate includes: a land portion configured to have a power generating element mounted thereto; and a wire portion configured to be electrically connected to the power generating element, the adhesive layer has: a land adhesion region configured to adhere the land portion to the base portion; and a wire adhesion region configured to adhere the wire portion to the base portion, and a width of the wire adhesion region is smaller than a width of the land adhesion region.

Wiring module

This power generation module includes: a power generating portion () including a power generating element (); and a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes: a reinforcement plate; and a flexible printed circuit () provided above the reinforcement plate. The flexible printed circuit () has: an FPC land portion () configured to have the power generating portion () mounted thereto; and a FPC wire portion () connected to the FPC land portion (). The width of the FPC wire portion () is smaller than the width of the FPC land portion ().

Power generation module and wiring substrate

A photovoltaic apparatus includes: a power generation part; an angle changeable mechanism configured to support the power generation part so as to be able to change an elevation of the power generation part; a post configured to support the power generation part and the angle changeable mechanism; and a hinge mechanism configured to support the post so as to be able to change an angle of the post relative to an installation surface for the photovoltaic apparatus.

Solar power generation device, method for installing solar power generation device, and method for operating solar power generation device

A mounting structure for a photovoltaic module, the photovoltaic module including: a plurality of power generating elements; and a housing having a metal bottom plate on which the plurality of power generating elements are arrayed, and a resin side wall frame standing along an outer edge of the bottom plate, the mounting structure including: a support plate having a support face configured to be in contact with an outer face of the bottom plate to support the photovoltaic module; a washer to be disposed on one face which is an inner face of the bottom plate or a face, of the support plate, at a side opposite to the support face; and a rivet having a shank portion and a head, the shank portion being configured to be passed through the support plate and the bottom plate to be inserted into the washer, the head formed at one end portion of the shank portion, the rivet being configured to sandwich and fasten the support plate and the bottom plate between the washer and the head by an other end portion of the shank portion being deformed so as to have an enlarged diameter.

Mounting structure for photovoltaic power generation module, photovoltaic power generation module, photovoltaic power generation panel, and photovoltaic power generation device

Concentrator photovoltaic unit

This power generation circuit unit includes a wiring substrate and a plurality of power generating elements mounted to the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes: a first substrate (E) and a second substrate (F) to each of which the power generating element is mounted; and a coupling portion (L) configured to couple the first substrate (E) and the second substrate (F) together. The first substrate (E) can be disposed at least two positions of: a first position separated from the second substrate (F) by a first distance; and a second position separated from the second substrate (F) by a second distance being greater than the first distance. The coupling portion (L) has an FPC (flexible printed circuits). In a state where the first substrate is disposed at the second position, at least a part of the coupling portion (L) is twisted.

Power generation circuit unit

A photovoltaic panel includes: a plurality of power generation portions each having a light receiving surface, each power generation portion including a plurality of power generating elements each configured to generate power in accordance with an amount of received light; and a coupling portion configured to couple each power generation portion, wherein each power generation portion is coupled so as to be rotatable about the coupling portion used as a rotation axis, and the power generation portions are capable of, by being rotated, taking a light receiving position at which the power generation portions are located such that the light receiving surfaces of the power generation portions are oriented to an identical direction, and a fold position at which the power generation portions are located such that a set of the light receiving surfaces of the power generation portions face each other.

Solar panel and method for manufacturing solar power generation device

Casing for concentrator photovoltaic module

A mounting structure of a housingfor a concentrator photovoltaic moduleM includes: a bottom plateframed from an electric conductor and having a plurality of cellsarrayed thereat; a side wall framemade of resin, the side wall framestanding along the outer edge of the bottom plateand configured to hold a concentrating portionso as to face the bottom plate; a pair of the frames(support member) each being a grounded electric conductor, the pair of the framesconfigured to be in contact with the bottom plateto support the moduleM; and boltsand nuts, as a fastening member, configured to fasten the pair of the framesand the bottom plateto each other thereby to fix the moduleM to the pair of the frames, the boltsand the nutseach being an electric conductor thereby to serve as paths for electric connection from the bottom plateto the pair of the frames

Mounting structure for concentrated photovoltaic module housing, concentrated photovoltaic module, concentrated photovoltaic panel, and concentrated photovoltaic device

Flexible printed wiring board

Provided is a solar cell for which accurate mutual alignment between a condenser lens and a power generating element corresponding thereto can be performed. In a solar cell, a plurality of grid electrodeseach formed in a linear shape are arrayed on a light receiving surfacealong the width direction of the light receiving surface. The plurality of grid electrodesinclude a first center grid electrodeforming a cross portionexhibiting a center-specific geometry caused by electrodes crossing each other at the center of the light receiving surface

Solar cell, concentrator photovoltaic unit, concentrator photovoltaic module, and method for producing concentrator photovoltaic module

A photovoltaic module includes: a flexible printed circuit; and a plurality of power generating elements mounted on the flexible printed circuit, wherein the flexible printed circuit includes a turning portion, and strip-shaped portions of the flexible printed circuit which are located on opposite sides of the turning portion are aligned so as to oppose each other.

Photovoltaic module, photovoltaic apparatus, and method for producing photovoltaic module

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Koji Mori