Patent ID: 7618265

Claim:
A junction box for a solar cell module having solar cells connected by conductor strips, the junction box comprising: a chamber having first and second walls, each wall of the chamber having a bottom end and a top end, the top ends of the walls of the chamber forming an opening into the chamber; and a clamping spring having first and second legs connected by a middle portion, the clamping spring inserted into the chamber such that the middle portion of the clamping spring is adjacent to the bottom ends of the walls of the chamber, the first leg of the clamping spring is fixed to the first wall of the chamber and the second leg of the clamping spring is removably connectable to the second wall of the chamber; wherein the clamping spring is movable between a closed position in which the second leg of the clamping spring is disconnected from the second wall of the chamber such that the second leg of the clamping spring moves toward the first leg of the clamping spring and an opened position in which the second leg of the clamping spring is connected to the second wall of the chamber such that the legs of the clamping spring are separated from one another and form an opening therebetween; wherein a conductor strip inserted through the opening of the chamber into the chamber and between the opening of the legs of the clamping spring when the clamping spring is in the opened position is contacted by the second leg of the clamping spring and held between the legs of the clamping spring when the clamping spring is moved from the opened position to the closed position.