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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kariya-shi, JP;
Yuki Kudo, Susono, JP;
Shoichi Iwamoto, Izunokuni, JP;
Hiroyuki Ohba, Suntou-gun, JP;
Hirotaka Inaba, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Kariya-shi, JP;
Abstract
A solar battery module is provided that includes plural solar battery cells, plural interconnectors each having a shock absorber, a sealing layer, a back face layer, and a front face layer having optical transparency. The plural solar battery cells each include an electrode on a peripheral edge portion at a back face that does not receive sunlight. The plural interconnectors extend along the peripheral edge portions, and connect the electrodes of the plural solar battery cells to each other. The sealing layer seals each of the solar battery cells and each of the interconnectors. The shock absorber is disposed in a region between corner portions of adjacent or diagonally opposing solar battery cells, and permits movement of the solar battery cells accompanying expansion or contraction of at least one out of the back face layer or the front face layer.