US 11,942,895 B2
Panel connected body, power generation module connected body, and power generation device
Yuki Hayashi, Tokyo (JP); Kiyoshige Kojima, Tokyo (JP); and Masayoshi Yoshida, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to ZEON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ZEON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,640.
Application 18/192,640 is a division of application No. 16/475,454, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2018/002144, filed on Jan. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-013058 (JP), filed on Jan. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238916 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 30/20 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/20 (2014.12) [H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
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1. A panel connected body, comprising:
a plurality of flat panels arranged in a matrix of m rows and n columns, where m≥3 and n≥3;
a plurality of row-direction connection portions which connect together the panels that are adjacent in a row direction; and
a plurality of column-direction connection portions which connect together the panels that are adjacent in a column direction, wherein
the panel connected body is foldable between adjacent panels of the plurality of panels,
a first type row satisfying relationships D1≥2L and Dy≥Dy−1+2L and a second type row satisfying relationships Dn≥2L and Dy≥Dy+1+2L are alternately included, where Dy is a length along the column direction of the column-direction connection portions in a y-th column of the column-direction connection portions, y is greater than 1, and L is a thickness of the panels,
a first type column satisfying relationships C1≥2L and Cx≥Cx−1+2L and a second type column satisfying relationships Cm≥2L and Cx≥Cx+1+2L are alternately included, where Cx is a length along the row direction of the row-direction connection portions in an x-th row of the row-direction connection portions, and x is greater than 1,
the panel connected body satisfies a relationship E≤WC−L, where WC is a length along the column direction of the panels, and E is a length along the column direction of the row-direction connection portions, and
opposing ends in the column direction of the row-direction connection portions do not protrude outward in the column direction beyond any of the panels connected together with the row-direction connection portions.