US 11,811,356 B2
Method for installing solar cell module
Takaaki Fujino, Osaka (JP); Daisuke Maeda, Osaka (JP); Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Osaka (JP); Takahiro Imamura, Osaka (JP); and Soichiro Tanaka, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 16/648,054
Filed by TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/034114
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/059112, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-179351 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0266758 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); E04D 13/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [E04D 13/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.12)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing a solar cell module on a rack mounted on a roof, the solar cell module comprising, on at least a portion of the outer periphery, a frame formed of a material containing a resin, the rack including multiple rails each having a first groove and a second groove located below the first groove and extending parallel to the first groove, the first grooves of a pair of the rails being disposed to be opposed to each other, and the second grooves of the pair of the rails being disposed to be opposed to each other, the method comprising:
fitting the frame of the solar cell module into the first grooves such that the solar cell module is retained by the pair of the rails;
fitting a back panel into the second grooves, with at least one of a junction box and a wiring being concealed between the solar cell module and the back panel;
providing a locking member for locking the solar cell module and the back panel on at least one end of the pair of rails; and
fixing the solar cell module to the pair of the rails to prevent the solar cell module from falling out of the first grooves.