Patent ID: 7956279

Claim:
A solar cell array configured by arranging a plurality of solar cell modules, each solar cell module comprising: a solar cell panel comprising: a light receiving surface side member with a light receiving surface, a rear surface side member and a solar cell element between the light receiving surface side member and the rear surface side member, and a module frame fixed to the solar cell panel, surrounds the solar cell panel with its interior surface being abutted with an external peripheral part of the solar cell panel, wherein the module frame comprises a notch that extends from its inner part towards its external part in plan view from a side of the light receiving surface side member, and wherein the notch comprises: a first portion on an upper surface of the module frame extending so as to reach an exterior side surface of the module, and a second portion on the exterior side surface of the module frame connected to the first portion and reaching from the light receiving surface to a lower end of an exterior side surface of the solar cell panel, wherein the plurality of solar cell modules comprises a first solar cell module and a second solar cell module adjacent to the first solar cell module, and wherein the notch in the first solar cell module faces the notch in the second solar cell module so that the first portion of the notch in the first solar cell module connects to the first portion of the notch in the second solar cell module.