Patent ID: 8234825

Claim:
A solar installation comprising at least one solar module, the at least one solar module comprising: a cover plate; and a housing box, the housing box including: housing walls; a frame construction including a substantially L-shaped support profile, the support profile including a transverse leg disposed edge-parallel on a bottom side of the cover plate with a seal of the frame construction interposed therebetween, and a longitudinal leg connected to the housing wall; a detent device having at least one upper detent element and one lower detent element for fixing the cover plate on the housing box; at least two spring elements for mounting the cover plate on the housing walls, the at least two spring elements having a predetermined vertical stroke configured to generate a restoring force, the at least two spring elements being disposed edge-parallel at opposing edges of the cover plate on the bottom side thereof such that, in a mounted position of the cover plate, edge areas on a top side of the cover plate are free of overlap from and do not directly contact a fastening profile; and at least two seal elements respectively disposed in front of the at least two spring elements toward respective outer sides of the housing box; wherein the upper detent element is fixedly connected to the support profile, the support profile being fixedly connected to the cover plate, the lower detent element being fixedly connected to the housing box, the upper detent element and the lower detent element having a spacing of at most the vertical stroke relative to one another when the detent device is in an open position and the cover plate is disposed on the housing box, and the upper detent element and lower detent element having a detachable engagement to one another when the detent device is in a closed position with the cover plate fixed on the housing box under load of the restoring force.