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US20120023842A1
US20120023842A1 US13/196,529 US201113196529A US2012023842A1 US 20120023842 A1 US20120023842 A1 US 20120023842A1 US 201113196529 A US201113196529 A US 201113196529A US 2012023842 A1 US2012023842 A1 US 2012023842A1
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    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/05—Electrical interconnection means between PV cells inside the PV module, e.g. series connection of PV cells
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) technology, and more particularly, relates to a photovoltaic panel wall mounted on a building frame.
  • BIPV Building Integrated Photovoltaic
  • the photovoltaic panel wall is mounted on the building frame and constitutes a part of the wall of the building. Because modern buildings are often tall and large, it is very difficult for an operator to assemble the large photovoltaic panel wall on the tall and large buildings with high accuracy.
  • the photovoltaic panel wall consists of a plurality of small photovoltaic assembly units that can be removably assembled on the building frame. Accordingly, the operator can assemble only one small photovoltaic assembly unit on the building frame each time, instead of assembling the whole large photovoltaic panel wall on the building frame at once.
  • the plurality of small photovoltaic assembly units need to be electrically connected with each other to constitute a whole photovoltaic panel wall or a complete photovoltaic system.
  • the present invention has been made to overcome or alleviate at least one aspect of the above mentioned disadvantages.
  • a photovoltaic panel wall mounted on a building frame and comprising at least two photovoltaic assembly units.
  • Each of the at least two photovoltaic assembly units comprises an electrical connector having a male terminal and a female terminal that are configured to be detachably engaged.
  • An opening is formed in the building frame, and one of the male and female terminals of the electrical connector is fixed in the opening.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view which shows a part of a photovoltaic panel wall according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view which shows an electrical connector of a photovoltaic assembly unit mounted on the building frame according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the photovoltaic panel wall may comprise two or more photovoltaic assembly units, although only two photovoltaic assembly units are shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1 .
  • the photovoltaic panel wall comprises a first photovoltaic assembly unit and a second photovoltaic assembly unit.
  • the first photovoltaic assembly unit comprises a first electrical connector 10 and a first photovoltaic glass block 71 .
  • the second photovoltaic assembly unit comprises a second electrical connector 20 and a second photovoltaic glass block 72 .
  • the first electrical connector 10 is electrically connected to the first photovoltaic glass block 71 via a first cable 11 .
  • the second electrical connector 20 is electrically connected to the second photovoltaic glass block 72 via a second cable 21 .
  • the first electrical connector 10 is electrically connected to the second electrical connector 20 via a third cable 12 . In this way, the first photovoltaic assembly unit is electrically connected with the second photovoltaic assembly unit.
  • the first electrical connector 10 has a male terminal 10 a electrically connected to the first cable 11 and a female terminal 10 b electrically connected to one end of the third cable 12 .
  • the male terminal 10 a and the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 are configured to be removably engaged with each other.
  • the second electrical connector 20 has a male terminal 20 a electrically connected to the second cable 21 and a female terminal 20 b electrically connected to the other end of the third cable 12 .
  • the male terminal 20 a and the female terminal 20 b of the second electrical connector 20 are configured to be removably engaged with each other.
  • all photovoltaic assembly units constituting the photovoltaic panel wall have the same structure. But, the present invention is not limited to this, photovoltaic assembly units may have different structures.
  • FIG. 2 shows the first electrical connector 10 of the first photovoltaic assembly unit mounted on the building frame 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • an opening 31 is formed in the building frame 30 , the female terminals 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 is inserted into the opening 31 and is secured on the building frame 30 so as to fix the female terminals 10 b in the opening 31 .
  • the male terminal 10 a of the first electrical connector 10 can be easily aimed at the female terminals 10 b and inserted into or pulled out of the female terminals 10 b.
  • the female terminal 10 b is fixed in the opening 31 of the building frame 30 .
  • the terminal fixed in the opening 31 may be any one of the male terminal 10 a and the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 .
  • the male terminal 10 a is fixed in the opening 31 and the female terminal 10 b is not fixed.
  • FIG. 1 another opening 32 is formed in the building frame 30 .
  • the female terminals 20 b of the second electrical connector 20 are inserted into the opening 32 and secured on the building frame 30 so as to fix the female terminals 20 b in the opening 32 .
  • the openings 31 and 32 both are formed in the rear side wall of the building frame 30 facing the inner of the building. But the present invention is not limited to this, the openings 31 and 32 may be formed in other side wall of the building frame 30 , such as the left side wall or the right side wall.
  • the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 has two wings 13 , 13 extending from a periphery of the female terminal 10 b .
  • the two wings 13 , 13 of the female terminal 10 b are secured on the building frame 30 by, for example, screws 6 . In this way, the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 is fixed in the opening 31 .
  • the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 may be fixed in the opening 31 of the building frame 30 by other ways, such as by snapping or adhering.
  • the photovoltaic panel wall totally comprises three layers from the outside to the inside.
  • the first layer is a photovoltaic glass layer 7 located at outmost of the photovoltaic panel wall
  • the second and third layers are two normal glass layers 8 and 9 .
  • the three glass layers 7 , 8 and 9 may be arranged to form an air gap between two adjacent layers thereof.
  • the structure of the photovoltaic panel wall of the invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , the photovoltaic panel wall may comprises two or more layers of photovoltaic glasses, or comprise one, three or more layers of normal glasses.
  • photovoltaic glass means such a glass product that can collect the solar energy and convert the solar energy into the electrical energy.
  • the photovoltaic glass of the present invention may adopt any one of commercially available photovoltaic glass products. For brevity, description of these commercially available photovoltaic glass products is omitted herein.
  • the whole photovoltaic glass layer 7 of the photovoltaic panel wall consists of photovoltaic glass blocks of the plurality of photovoltaic assembly units.
  • the photovoltaic glass layer 7 consists of the first photovoltaic glass block 71 of the first photovoltaic assembly unit and the second photovoltaic glass block 72 of the second photovoltaic assembly unit.
  • the normal glass layers 8 , 9 each consist of normal glass blocks of the plurality of photovoltaic assembly units. Therefore, in order to prevent dust or dirt from entering into the building through the gap between the glass blocks, elastic seals 4 , 5 are provided to seal the gap between the glass blocks. With this feature, it also can prevent the outer strong wind from blowing into the building and generating annoying noise.
  • the three layers of glasses 7 , 8 , 9 are sandwiched and held in the building frame 30 .
  • the present invention is not limited to this, the three layers of glasses 7 , 8 , 9 may be adhered on the building frame 30 .
  • the opening in the building frame by forming the opening in the building frame and fixing one of the male and female terminals of the electrical connector in the opening, the other of the male and female terminal of the electrical connector can be simply inserted into the one terminal. In this way, a plurality of photovoltaic assembly units can be simply and quickly electrically connected together or detached from each other.

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Abstract

The invention is a photovoltaic panel wall mounted on a building frame and has at least two photovoltaic assembly units. Each of the at least two photovoltaic assembly units includes an electrical connector having a male terminal and a female terminal that are configured to be detachably engaged. An opening is formed in the building frame, and one of the male and female terminals of the electrical connector is fixed in the opening.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
  • This application claims the benefit of the filing date under 35 U.S.C. §119(a)-(d) of Chinese Patent Application No. 201010244485.0 filed on Aug. 2, 2010.
    • FIELD OF THE INVENTION
  • The invention relates to a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) technology, and more particularly, relates to a photovoltaic panel wall mounted on a building frame.
    • BACKGROUND
  • With the development of the photovoltaic industry, the Building Integrated Photovoltaic technology applied to various solar products on the building has been proposed as, for example, as a photovoltaic panel wall mounted on the building frame.
  • The photovoltaic panel wall is mounted on the building frame and constitutes a part of the wall of the building. Because modern buildings are often tall and large, it is very difficult for an operator to assemble the large photovoltaic panel wall on the tall and large buildings with high accuracy. Generally, in consideration of facilitating the installation operation and improving the installation accuracy, the photovoltaic panel wall consists of a plurality of small photovoltaic assembly units that can be removably assembled on the building frame. Accordingly, the operator can assemble only one small photovoltaic assembly unit on the building frame each time, instead of assembling the whole large photovoltaic panel wall on the building frame at once. In addition, after being mounted on the building frame, the plurality of small photovoltaic assembly units need to be electrically connected with each other to constitute a whole photovoltaic panel wall or a complete photovoltaic system.
  • Unfortunately, so far, inventors of the present application have not found a suitable solution to achieve a simple and quick electrical connection between the photovoltaic assembly units in the prior art. Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide a photovoltaic panel wall which can achieve a simple and quick electrical connection between the photovoltaic assembly units.
    • SUMMARY
  • The present invention has been made to overcome or alleviate at least one aspect of the above mentioned disadvantages.
  • According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photovoltaic panel wall mounted on a building frame and comprising at least two photovoltaic assembly units. Each of the at least two photovoltaic assembly units comprises an electrical connector having a male terminal and a female terminal that are configured to be detachably engaged. An opening is formed in the building frame, and one of the male and female terminals of the electrical connector is fixed in the opening.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying figures of which:
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view which shows a part of a photovoltaic panel wall according to an embodiment of the invention; and
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view which shows an electrical connector of a photovoltaic assembly unit mounted on the building frame according to an embodiment of the invention.
    •  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
  • The embodiments of the invention will be described hereinafter in detail with reference to the attached drawings, wherein the like reference numerals refer to the like elements. The present disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiment set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that the present disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
  • In an embodiment of the present invention, the photovoltaic panel wall may comprise two or more photovoltaic assembly units, although only two photovoltaic assembly units are shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1.
  • As shown in FIG. 1, the photovoltaic panel wall comprises a first photovoltaic assembly unit and a second photovoltaic assembly unit. The first photovoltaic assembly unit comprises a first electrical connector 10 and a first photovoltaic glass block 71. Similarly, the second photovoltaic assembly unit comprises a second electrical connector 20 and a second photovoltaic glass block 72.
  • Referring to FIG. 1, the first electrical connector 10 is electrically connected to the first photovoltaic glass block 71 via a first cable 11. Similarly, the second electrical connector 20 is electrically connected to the second photovoltaic glass block 72 via a second cable 21. The first electrical connector 10 is electrically connected to the second electrical connector 20 via a third cable 12. In this way, the first photovoltaic assembly unit is electrically connected with the second photovoltaic assembly unit.
  • Please refer to FIG. 1 again, wherein the first electrical connector 10 has a male terminal 10 a electrically connected to the first cable 11 and a female terminal 10 b electrically connected to one end of the third cable 12. The male terminal 10 a and the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 are configured to be removably engaged with each other. Similarly, the second electrical connector 20 has a male terminal 20 a electrically connected to the second cable 21 and a female terminal 20 b electrically connected to the other end of the third cable 12. The male terminal 20 a and the female terminal 20 b of the second electrical connector 20 are configured to be removably engaged with each other.
  • For the convenience of manufacture and assembly, in an embodiment of the invention, all photovoltaic assembly units constituting the photovoltaic panel wall have the same structure. But, the present invention is not limited to this, photovoltaic assembly units may have different structures.
  • FIG. 2 shows the first electrical connector 10 of the first photovoltaic assembly unit mounted on the building frame 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an opening 31 is formed in the building frame 30, the female terminals 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 is inserted into the opening 31 and is secured on the building frame 30 so as to fix the female terminals 10 b in the opening 31. In this embodiment of the invention, because the female terminals 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 is fixed and can not move, the male terminal 10 a of the first electrical connector 10 can be easily aimed at the female terminals 10 b and inserted into or pulled out of the female terminals 10 b.
  • In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the female terminal 10 b is fixed in the opening 31 of the building frame 30. But, please be noted that the terminal fixed in the opening 31 may be any one of the male terminal 10 a and the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10. For example, the male terminal 10 a is fixed in the opening 31 and the female terminal 10 b is not fixed.
  • Similarly, as shown in FIG. 1, another opening 32 is formed in the building frame 30. The female terminals 20 b of the second electrical connector 20 are inserted into the opening 32 and secured on the building frame 30 so as to fix the female terminals 20 b in the opening 32.
  • In an embodiment of FIG. 1, the openings 31 and 32 both are formed in the rear side wall of the building frame 30 facing the inner of the building. But the present invention is not limited to this, the openings 31 and 32 may be formed in other side wall of the building frame 30, such as the left side wall or the right side wall.
  • As shown in FIG. 2, the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 has two wings 13, 13 extending from a periphery of the female terminal 10 b. When the female terminal 10 b is inserted into the opening 31 of the building frame 30, the two wings 13, 13 of the female terminal 10 b are secured on the building frame 30 by, for example, screws 6. In this way, the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 is fixed in the opening 31.
  • Please be noted that the female terminal 10 b of the first electrical connector 10 may be fixed in the opening 31 of the building frame 30 by other ways, such as by snapping or adhering.
  • Referring to FIG. 1 again, in an embodiment of the present invention, the photovoltaic panel wall totally comprises three layers from the outside to the inside. The first layer is a photovoltaic glass layer 7 located at outmost of the photovoltaic panel wall, and the second and third layers are two normal glass layers 8 and 9. In order to improve the sound and thermal insulation effect, the three glass layers 7, 8 and 9 may be arranged to form an air gap between two adjacent layers thereof.
  • Please note that the structure of the photovoltaic panel wall of the invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the photovoltaic panel wall may comprises two or more layers of photovoltaic glasses, or comprise one, three or more layers of normal glasses.
  • In the invention, the term ‘photovoltaic glass’ means such a glass product that can collect the solar energy and convert the solar energy into the electrical energy. The photovoltaic glass of the present invention may adopt any one of commercially available photovoltaic glass products. For brevity, description of these commercially available photovoltaic glass products is omitted herein.
  • The whole photovoltaic glass layer 7 of the photovoltaic panel wall consists of photovoltaic glass blocks of the plurality of photovoltaic assembly units. As shown in FIG. 1, in an embodiment, the photovoltaic glass layer 7 consists of the first photovoltaic glass block 71 of the first photovoltaic assembly unit and the second photovoltaic glass block 72 of the second photovoltaic assembly unit. Similarly, the normal glass layers 8, 9 each consist of normal glass blocks of the plurality of photovoltaic assembly units. Therefore, in order to prevent dust or dirt from entering into the building through the gap between the glass blocks, elastic seals 4, 5 are provided to seal the gap between the glass blocks. With this feature, it also can prevent the outer strong wind from blowing into the building and generating annoying noise.
  • As shown in FIG. 1, the three layers of glasses 7, 8, 9 are sandwiched and held in the building frame 30. But the present invention is not limited to this, the three layers of glasses 7, 8, 9 may be adhered on the building frame 30.
  • In various embodiments of the present invention, by forming the opening in the building frame and fixing one of the male and female terminals of the electrical connector in the opening, the other of the male and female terminal of the electrical connector can be simply inserted into the one terminal. In this way, a plurality of photovoltaic assembly units can be simply and quickly electrically connected together or detached from each other.
  • Although several embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the disclosure, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents. It should be noted that the term “comprising” does not exclude other elements or steps and the “a” or “an” does not exclude a plurality. It should also be noted that reference signs in the claims shall not be construed as limiting the scope of the claims.

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1. A photovoltaic panel wall mounted on a building frame comprising:
at least two photovoltaic assembly units,
an electrical connector on each of the photovoltaic assembly units having a male terminal and a female terminal that are configured to be detachably engaged, each electric connector being located within a respective opening formed in the building frame.
2. The photovoltaic panel wall according to claim 1, wherein the one of the male and female terminals of the electrical connector is fixed in the opening by a screw.
3. The photovoltaic panel wall according to claim 1, wherein the one of the male and female terminals of the electrical connector is fixed in the opening by a snap arrangement.
4. The photovoltaic panel wall according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least two photovoltaic assembly units further comprises at least one layer of photovoltaic glass.
5. The photovoltaic panel wall according to claim 4, wherein each of the at least two photovoltaic assembly units further comprises at least one layer of normal glass, and the at least one layer of photovoltaic glass located an outer side of the photovoltaic panel wall.
6. The photovoltaic panel wall according to claim 5, wherein the at least one layer of photovoltaic glass and the at least one layer of normal glass both are removably assembled on the building frame.
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