Patent ID: 8039733

Claim:
A construction method of solar battery modules by which solar battery modules are fixed to a predetermined support member by using a fixing member, the solar battery modules, each including a polygonal solar battery panel main body and a first frame body supporting a side extending in a predetermined direction of the solar battery panel main body, the fixing member, that is shorter in a longitudinal direction than the first frame body, including a to-be connected portion, integral to the fixing member, configured to restrict an upward movement of the first frame body, a pedestal configured to restrict a downward movement of the first frame body restricted by the to-be connected portion from moving upward, a portion connecting the pedestal and the to-be connected portion and configured to restrict an outward movement of each solar battery module in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first frame body and along a surface of the solar battery module restricted from moving downward and upward by the pedestal and the to-be connected portion through the first frame body, and a plate-like portion, integral to the fixing member, extending outward farther than either one of sides of the pedestal with respect to the portion connecting the pedestal and the to-be connected portion, both sides of the portion connecting the pedestal and the to-be connected portion being configured to support the first frame body, the construction method of solar battery modules comprising: connecting the first frame body of a first solar battery module included in the solar battery modules between the pedestal and the to-be connected portion on a side opposite to a side of the plate-like portion extending outward farther than the pedestal with respect to an axis of the fixing member, while maintaining the to-be connected portion at being integral to the fixing member, and thereafter; sliding the fixing member to a predetermined position along the first frame body; fixing the fixing member to the support member with the plate-like portion extending outward farther than the pedestal; and connecting the first frame body of a second solar battery module included in the solar battery modules different from the first solar battery module between the pedestal and the to-be connected portion on a side identical to a side of the plate-like portion extending outward farther than the pedestal with respect to the axis, while maintaining the to-be connected portion at being integral to the fixing member.