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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Hiroyuki Yoda, Nara, JP;
Akimasa Umemoto, Sakurai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solar battery module in use has a solar battery panel and a frame body. The solar battery panel is constituted by laminating a front cover, a filler, a crystal solar battery cell, another filler, and a back cover on one another in this order. The frame body surrounds the outer periphery of the solar battery. At each corner of one side of the frame body is formed a notch with its open end facing toward the light-receiving surface. Under rainfall, rainwater which fell down onto the light-receiving surface flows toward below the solar battery module, and is then held back by the frame member provided on the frame body. The rainwater remaining flows into the notch. In the notch, the rainwater is guided toward above the frame member on the principles of siphon action so as to be discharged out of the solar battery module.
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