Patent ID: 6344612
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: H01L,H01R,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
A terminal box device for a solar panel, comprising a body unit and a cover unit;said body unit comprising: a casing, the casing defining a recess and having an attachment surface for attachment to the solar panel, wherein said attachment surface comprises a plurality of wiring holes formed in positions corresponding to the positions of respective terminals, a plurality of terminals for connection to photoelectric conversion elements of the solar panel, said terminals being fixedly accommodated in said casing, and a plurality of waterproof walls, each of said waterproof walls surrounding a respective one of said terminals and a respective one of said wiring holes, each of said waterproof walls having an upper surface which, when said cover unit is fastened in said location to the body unit, closely contacts a surface of a filler, whereby a watertight connection is made, said cover unit comprising: a cover member defining a chamber, a plurality of terminal members, said terminal members being fixedly accommodated in said chamber, a plurality of cables, said cables being connected with respective said terminal members and extending out of said cover member, a plurality of bypassing rectification elements, said bypassing rectification elements each being electrically connected to a respective pair of said terminal members, and the filler being in said chamber and covering said bypassing rectification elements, at least a part of each of said terminal members being exposed; said cover unit being removably fastenable in a location on said body unit in which said recess faces said chamber; and said terminal members and said terminals being arranged in corresponding respective positions, whereby, when said cover unit is fastened in said location on said body unit, said terminal members and said terminals are respectively electrically connected with each other.