US 11,750,144 B2
Indoor structure
Toru Sawada, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/419,376
Filed by KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/042151
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/144916, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-002792 (JP), filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085750 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H02S 20/26 (2014.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); E06B 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC H02S 20/26 (2014.12) [E06B 7/28 (2013.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.12); H02S 40/36 (2014.12)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indoor structure provided in a room having an indoor space, comprising:
at least one solar cell module attached to at least one window disposed along at least one wall between a ceiling and a floor,
wherein the ceiling, the at least one wall, and the floor define the indoor space of the room,
wherein the ceiling comprises a first ceiling part and a second ceiling part, the second ceiling part being located lower than the first ceiling part, the second ceiling part being continuous with the first ceiling part via a vertical wall part, the vertical wall part is a part of the ceiling connecting a first end part of the first ceiling part and a second end part of the second ceiling part,
the at least one window includes a window glass having a window main surface,
the at least one solar cell module comprises a main body panel and an extraction wire,
the main body panel comprises two translucent substrates and a plurality of solar cells arranged therebetween, the main body panel being configured to transmit light in a thickness direction of the main body panel,
the main body panel includes a panel main surface facing the window main surface,
the extraction wire extends inside and outside the main body panel, the extraction wire including a first end part,
the first end part is electrically connected to the plurality of solar cells inside the main body panel,
the extraction wire includes a wire part exposed from the main body panel, and
the wire part is laid between the vertical wall part and the at least one window.