US 11,742,454 B2
Method for manufacturing concentrator photovoltaic module, and transport jig
Yukio Koike, Osaka (JP); Kenji Saito, Osaka (JP); and Ryusuke Imai, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 16/976,928
Filed by SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/006479
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/171966, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-038644 (JP), filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0013364 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/1876 (2013.01) [H01L 31/0543 (2014.12); H02S 30/10 (2014.12)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport jig configured to transport a housing for a concentrator photovoltaic module, the housing accommodating a plurality of power generating elements onto which sunlight is concentrated by a plurality of condenser lenses, the housing including a resin frame body, and a metal bottom plate that closes a bottom-side opening of the frame body and has an inner surface on which the plurality of power generating elements are disposed, and the bottom plate being fixed to the frame body, with a peripheral edge of the inner surface of the bottom plate being in contact with a bottom end surface of the frame body, the transport jig comprising:
a support portion configured to extend along a peripheral edge of an outer surface of the bottom plate and contact the peripheral edge of the outer surface;
a fixing member configured to be inserted into a through-hole of the support portion and a through-hole of the bottom plate and be screwed and fastened into a hole at the bottom end surface of the frame body;
a head of the fixing member configured to sandwich the support portion and the bottom plate between the head and the bottom end surface of the frame body;
a ball roller that is in contact with a floor surface where the transport jig is placed, and allows the transport jig to travel freely; and
a rectangular frame provided to the fixing member and the ball roller, the frame including:
a first long column member;
a second long column member;
a first short column member, one end of the first long column member and one end of the first short column member being connected to each other, the ball roller being provided at a joint between the one end of the first long column member and the one end of the first short column member and being provided across the one end of the first long column member and the one end of the first short column member; and
a second short column member.