Patent ID: 6218609
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: E04D,H01L,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
A solar cell module comprising:a photovoltaic device;a reinforcing sheet for reinforcing the photovoltaic device the reinforcing sheet having a bent portion in a region extending from a border of the photovoltaic device on a photovoltaic device mounting area to a margin of the reinforcing sheet;a covering material for sealing the photovoltaic device on the reinforcing sheet, wherein the covering material covers the photovoltaic device and extends from the border of the photovoltaic device toward the margin of the reinforcing sheet in such a way as to extend over the bent portion and not over the margin of the reinforcing sheet and wherein a thickness of the covering material becomes cross-sectionally smaller in a direction toward the margin of the reinforcing sheet at a portion of the covering material near the margin of the reinforcing sheet; anda resin film provided on an outermost surface of the solar cell module in such a way as to cover the covering material except the portion of the covering material near the margin of the reinforcing sheet in which the thickness of the covering material becomes cross-sectionally smaller in a direction toward the margin of the reinforcing sheet.