Patent ID: 8853520
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H01L,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A solar cell module having a substantially rectangular shape with longer edges and shorter edges, comprising: a solar cell panel formed in a substantially rectangular plane with longer edges and shorter edges by electrically connecting a plurality of unit solar cells in series; a first cable and a second cable being different in length and each having more than one conducting wire; a solar cell arranging portion, the solar cell arranging portion being planate and of a substantially same dimension as the solar cell panel, the solar cell panel arranged on the solar cell arranging portion; a terminal box inserted through an opening in the solar cell arranging portion and positioned such that the first cable and the second cable extend from the terminal box through a center groove, the center groove extending from a region adjacent a first end of the opening across the solar cell module and having a center groove end located substantially at a center part of one of the longer edges of the module; two connectors consisting of a first connector connected to an end of the first cable and a second connector connected to an end of the second cable and being connectable by engagement with the first connector; two positive conducting wires in electrical connection with a positive electrode of the solar cell panel; two negative conducting wires in electrical connection with a negative electrode of the solar cell panel; and at least one side groove located at a predetermined interval from the center groove, the first cable having two conducting wires consisting of one of the two positive conducting wires and one of the two negative conducting wires and arranged in an insulation tube, the second cable having two conducting wires consisting of the other of the two positive conducting wires and the other of the two negative conducting wires and arranged in an insulation tube, and the first and the second cables being pulled out from the center groove end, wherein the solar cell panel has a length L the first cable having a pulled-out portion, the pulled-out portion measured from the center groove end to the first connector and being of a length Y shorter than a length of the second cable and shorter than (L the second cable having the length X longer than a sum of (L wherein the second cable is one of a plurality of second cables, the side groove holding another of the second cables.