Patent ID: 6384314
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: E06B,F24S,H01L,H02S,Y02B,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A solar cell system for direct conversion of solar energy to electricity comprising separate, elongated narrow strip-shaped sheets of active solar cells and a carrier structure formed of:separate, elongated narrow strip-shaped carder plates formed of a thin thermally conductive sheet material, supports for supporting the narrow strip-shaped carrier plates in spaced relationship to each other and to a building exterior, and holding elements connecting the strip-shaped carrier plates to the supports with the strip-shaped carrier plates facing upwardly at a predetermined oblique angle, said holding elements being in resilient clamping engagement with the strip-shaped carrier plates and extending crosswise thereof at spaced locations along the length of the strip-shaped carrier plates; wherein a respective one of the elongated narrow strip-shaped sheets of active solar cells is mounted on an upper surface of each of the strip-shaped carrier plates; and wherein the separate, elongated narrow strip-shaped sheets of active solar cells on the separate, strip-shaped carrier plates are electrically connected to each other to form a solar cell unit.