Angled Solar Roof Panel Assembly for Watertight Ventilated Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing roof panels with solar panels are not suitable for rapid or reliable installation on existing roofs, requiring a tiled roof structure and complex watertight constructions, especially when covering large areas.
Innovation Solution
A roof panel design featuring a solar panel and a plate element attached at an angle, with a spacer to ensure watertight overlapping and ventilation, allowing for quick and reliable installation without a tiled roof, and incorporating quick release coupling means for easy assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If roof panels are designed to cover large areas quickly, then installation speed improves, but achieving reliable watertight construction becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The roof panel is segmented into distinct functional components: a solar panel module, a plate element with upright walls forming channels, and integrated attaching means. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while ensuring reliable watertight connections through the interlocking channel design, resolving the contradiction between rapid installation and construction reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges multiple functions into a single integrated roof panel unit: the plate element simultaneously provides structural support, creates ventilation channels, and forms watertight connections through its upright walls. The attaching means are integrated directly into the plate element, combining mounting and sealing functions. This integration enables rapid installation while maintaining reliability.
2Productivity
If solar panels are made larger to cover more area, then installation time decreases, but integration with traditional roof structures becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The plate element serves multiple universal functions: it provides structural support for the solar panel, creates ventilation channels through its upright walls, forms watertight connections with adjacent panels, and integrates the attaching means. This multi-functionality allows large solar panels to be installed quickly without complex integration requirements, as a single component handles multiple demands.
3Use of energy by moving object
If solar panels are cooled through ventilation to improve efficiency, then energy generation improves, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The ventilation channels are merged into the structural design of the plate element itself, rather than being separate components. The upright walls of the plate element naturally form the channels, combining structural support and ventilation functions. This integration provides cooling to improve solar panel efficiency without adding structural complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid and reliable installation of solar panels on roofs by creating a watertight construction and improving solar panel efficiency through ventilation, while allowing for larger panel sizes to cover more area quickly.
Implementation Method 1
a ventilation space is formed under a solar panel which can bring about cooling of the solar panel, whereby the efficiency of the solar panel will improve
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a roof panel (1) having an at least substantially rectangular peripheral form with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the roof panel comprising a solar panel (2), a watertight plate element (3) extending under and at a distance from the solar panel and attaching means (4) by means of which the solar panel and the plate element are attached or at least attachable to each other, wherein at least in the mutually attached situation the solar panel and the plate element extend parallel to each other in the transverse direction and extend in the longitudinal direction at an adjustment angle other than 0 degrees relative to each other.