US 12,170,504 B2
Solar module, connection system and solar module system
Hendrik Oldenkamp, The Hague (NL)
Assigned to Solarnative GmbH, Frankfurt (DE)
Filed by SMA Solar Technology AG, Niestetal (DE)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/563,071.
Application 16/563,071 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/055559, filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 104 782.4 (DE), filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0393833 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 40/34 (2014.12) [H01L 31/02013 (2013.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); H02S 40/32 (2014.12)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar module system, comprising:
a connection system, comprising:
a solar module, comprising:
a plurality of solar cells arranged on a front side of a carrier of the solar module,
wherein a plurality of conductive ribbons electrically contacts the solar cells and extends from the front side to a rear side of the carrier by projecting beyond an edge of the carrier, wherein a section of the conductive ribbons projecting beyond the edge of the carrier is bent around the edge of the carrier to extend to the rear side of the carrier, and
wherein the carrier is surrounded circumferentially by a frame of the solar module; and
a connection box arranged on the rear side of the carrier, wherein the connection box comprises a plurality of pins arranged parallel to one another, wherein the plurality of pins have different lengths, and wherein in each case a respective ribbon of the plurality of conductive ribbons is electrically and physically directly connected to one pin of the plurality of pins, wherein the connection box comprises a socket that houses the plurality of pins; and
module electronics comprising an elongated housing, wherein the module electronics comprises an inverter, wherein the module electronics is inserted with its housing into the socket of the connection box and electrically connected to and physically engaging the pins so as to form a rigid connection between the connection box and the module electronics, wherein the connection box and the module electronics are completely accommodated in a recess of the frame of the solar module wherein the connection box comprises webs in which the plurality of pins are stored in cuts in the webs, and wherein between connecting areas of neighboring conductive ribbons, there is one such web each.