Patent ID: 8109049

Claim:
A solar battery module device comprising: a solar cell module formed by arranging a plurality of solar battery cells; a rack-shaped frame having a substantially rectangular shape supporting an outer-edge portion of the solar cell module by surrounding a whole periphery of the outer-edge portion; and a reinforcing frame that is bridged over between two opposite sides of the rack-shaped frame, and supports the solar cell module by being brought into contact with the back surface of the solar cell module when the solar cell module is bent, and a vertical-movement locking unit that is arranged inside the rack-shaped frame, and restricts a movement of the reinforcing frame to a direction of the solar cell module by being brought into contact with the reinforcing frame, a distance between the back surface of the solar cell module and the reinforcing frame defining a gap, wherein a height of the gap between contact portions of the vertical movement locking unit and the reinforcing frame being substantially constant when the solar cell module is not bent.