Patent ID: 8895837

Claim:
A solar cell module, comprising: a cover glass, having a first perimeter; a glass substrate, having a second perimeter disposed beneath the cover glass and offset from the first perimeter; an aluminum frame, comprising: an upper tongue piece, disposed above the first perimeter; a sidewall, perpendicularly connected to the upper tongue piece, disposed adjacent to the first perimeter; and a lower tongue piece, disposed below the first perimeter, perpendicularly connected to the sidewall and comprising a contact end distal from the sidewall, wherein said contact end comprises a contact point spaced outside said second perimeter by a distance; a filling material, disposed between the contact point and the cover glass and directly beside and outside the second perimeter; and a back film, disposed on a bottom surface of said glass substrate and directly connected to said first perimeter, wherein said filling material is contained by the back film within a space defined by a cross-sectional triangle formed between a first bottom corner of said first perimeter, a second bottom corner of said second perimeter, and a top corner of said second perimeter.