US 12,080,816 B2
Photovoltaic module and method for folding the same
Ning Li, Haining (CN); Pengjun Xiao, Haining (CN); Zhigang Dai, Haining (CN); Sen Yang, Haining (CN); Weichong Kong, Haining (CN); Bo Li, Haining (CN); Jiaxiang Yin, Haining (CN); and Chunhua Tao, Haining (CN)
Assigned to JINKO SOLAR (HAINING) CO., LTD., Haining Zhejiang (CN); and ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD., Haining Zhejiang (CN)
Filed by JINKO SOLAR (HAINING) CO., LTD., Haining (CN); and ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD., Haining (CN)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,028.
Claims priority of application No. 202211215987.X (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0113242 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01L 31/0475 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 31/0475 (2014.12) [H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/186 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic module, comprising:
a plurality of cell sheets arranged in an array comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein each row of the plurality rows includes a set of cell sheets arranged at intervals along a first direction, each column of the plurality columns comprises a set of cell sheets arranged at intervals along a second direction, and each of the plurality of cell sheets has a first side and a second side, the first side having a first surface and the second side having a second surface;
a first flexible cover layer located on the first side of each of the plurality of cell sheets;
a second flexible cover layer located on the second side of each of the plurality of cell sheets; and
a plurality of support plates arranged at intervals, wherein each of the plurality of support plates extends along the first direction or the second direction, and a respective support plate of the plurality of support plates is arranged on the second surface of a respective row of cell sheets or a respective column of cell sheets,
wherein at least one of two outermost support plates of the plurality of support plates is not provided with any of the plurality of cell sheets on a surface of the at least one of the two outermost support plates, and
wherein the photovoltaic module is configured to be foldable along a gap between two adjacent rows in the plurality rows to form an angle of 0 degree to 180 degrees between the two adjacent or along a gap between two adjacent columns in the plurality columns to form an angle of 0 degree to 180 degrees between the two adjacent columns.