公开(公告)号：US10340837B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US15068370

申请日：2016-03-11

Applicant: Ecolibrium Solar, Inc.

Inventor： Brian James Wildes ,  Devin Glen MacRostie

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  H02S40/34 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/63 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S40/44

Abstract: A mounting system for supporting a plurality of photovoltaic modules on a sloped support surface, such as a sloped roof, is disclosed herein. The mounting system may include one or more support surface attachment devices, each support surface attachment device configured to attach one or more photovoltaic modules to a support surface; and one or more module coupling devices, each module coupling device configured to couple a plurality of photovoltaic modules to one another.

公开(公告)号：US10293381B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US14903050

申请日：2014-07-03

Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Georg Eitelhuber

IPC: B08B1/04 ,  B08B1/00 ,  F24S40/20 ,  F16C29/00 ,  F16C29/04 ,  H02S40/10 ,  B61B13/02 ,  F24S25/35 ,  F24S25/33 ,  F24S25/00

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for conveying an assembly along a track. A rail can include a first planar side, a second planar side, and a third planar side. The first, second, and third planar sides can be arranged to form at least two acute angles. A carriage assembly can include a drive wheel and at least two roller sets. The drive wheel can be configured to contact the first planar side and is configured to translate the carriage assembly along the rail. The at least two roller sets can be configured to contact the two other sides to maintain the carriage in contact with the rail.

公开(公告)号：US10291176B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US16160370

申请日：2018-10-15

Applicant: JobDog, LLC ,  Imagineering Plus Plus LLC

Inventor： Claudia Wentworth ,  Stuart Wentworth

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/33 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/60

Abstract: A roof mounting system for the attachment of an article to a roof, the system comprising a plurality of PV modules each having at least one corner and a frame member, a flashing member having a top surface; an upstanding sleeve attached to the top surface of the flashing member; an elevated water seal having a borehole formed therethrough, the elevated water seal further comprising at least one screw for providing a waterproof seal between the article and the roof structure; and whereby the plurality of PV modules are interlocked in a way to provide a corner-to-corner coupling arrangement supported above the roof through the frame members of the plurality of PV modules.

公开(公告)号：US20190137142A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-09

申请号：US16047592

申请日：2018-07-27

Applicant: David Ching

Inventor： Gianluigi Mascolo ,  Sam A. Cowley ,  Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn ,  Jonathan D. Albert ,  Steven J. Coonen ,  Mehrdad M. Moslehi ,  Michael Wingert

IPC: F24S25/00 ,  H02S20/00 ,  F24S25/30 ,  F24S25/16 ,  H02S40/36 ,  H02S20/24 ,  H02S30/10 ,  H01L31/02 ,  F24S25/67

Abstract: A photovoltaic system, comprising: a photovoltaic module attached to a photovoltaic rectangular mount frame; a deflector having a first end rotatably coupled to the mount frame so as to pivot the deflector from a nested position under the photovoltaic module in the mount frame to an installation position raising at least a first side of the mount frame; and a mount foot rotatably coupled to a second end of the deflector so as to pivot the mount foot from a nesting position in a mount foot nesting indention in the deflector to an installation position planar to a mounting surface.

公开(公告)号：US10284136B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15785492

申请日：2017-10-17

Applicant: Unirac Inc.

Inventor： Jason Mayfield ,  Nathan Schuit

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  E04B1/66 ,  E04B1/41 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/636 ,  E04B1/38 ,  F24S25/00

Abstract: Improved versions of flat flashings are used for waterproofing mounting hardware that holds photovoltaic solar panels on a roof; typically, such a roof is a pitched, composition shingle roof. The flashings are narrow in width, and have chamfered and/or rounded corners, and a variety of alignment marks printed on the flashing for aligning the flashing with adjacent shingles. The height/width aspect ratio of the flashing can range from 1.4 to 2.0, or more.

公开(公告)号：US10256766B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-09

申请号：US15076569

申请日：2016-03-21

Applicant: Marc M. Thomas

Inventor： Marc M. Thomas

IPC: H02S20/30 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S25/61 ,  H02S20/00 ,  F24S40/80 ,  F24S25/33 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/00

Abstract: A solar panel mounting system may include a solar panel mounting assembly for mounting to a support structure. The solar panel mounting assembly may include a restraining element, a retaining element and a biasing assembly that supports the restraining and retaining elements. The support structure may include an upper surface and a lower surface spaced from the upper surface. The biasing assembly may further include a biasing element that resiliently urges the retaining element toward a securing element for supporting a solar panel that is positioned between the retaining element and the upper surface of the support structure, and resiliently urges the restraining element toward the lower surface of the support structure. A retention device may resiliently bias the solar panels of a solar panel assembly together on a support structure.

公开(公告)号：US10232505B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-19

申请号：US15256524

申请日：2016-09-03

Applicant: Saied Tadayon

Inventor： Saied Tadayon

IPC: B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/02 ,  F24S50/20 ,  F24S40/20 ,  F24S25/10 ,  F24S25/70 ,  B25J11/00 ,  F24S25/00

Abstract: The solar energy and solar farms are used to generate energy and reduce dependence on oil (or for environmental purposes). The maintenance, operation, optimization, and repairs in big farms become very difficult, expensive, and inefficient, using human technicians. Thus, here, we teach using the robots with various functions and components, in various settings, for various purposes, to improve operations in big (or hard-to-access) farms, to automate, save money, reduce human mistakes, increase efficiency, or scale the solutions to very large scales or areas, e.g., for repair, operation, calibration, testing, maintenance, adjustment, cleaning, improving the efficiency, and tracking the Sun.

公开(公告)号：US10224865B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-05

申请号：US15192173

申请日：2016-06-24

Applicant: Unirac Inc.

Inventor： Steve Bauer ,  Bill Vaught ,  Kim Weaver ,  Caitlin Purigraski ,  Stacy Harris ,  Charles Stubbs ,  David Saenz Alvarez

IPC: E04D13/18 ,  H02S20/24 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F16B5/00 ,  F16B5/12 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/15 ,  F24S25/16 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/60

Abstract: An integral, monolithic mounting bracket supports a corner of a photovoltaic module. The bracket includes a ballast tray for holding one or more ballast blocks, and includes a plurality of monolithic support legs that are disposed at acute angles from a plane of the ballast tray and that are integral with the ballast tray. The bracket can be manufactured by stamping at least two identical sections of metal from the sheet and then bending-up each section on its remaining uncut fourth side into a near-vertical position, so that each bent-up section forms a monolithic support leg.

公开(公告)号：US10211775B1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US16160504

申请日：2018-10-15

Applicant: JobDog, LLC ,  Imagineering Plus Plus LLC

Inventor： Claudia Wentworth ,  Stuart Wentworth

IPC: F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/636 ,  H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/33 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/60

Abstract: A roof mounting system for the attachment of an article to a roof, the system comprising a plurality of PV modules each having at least one corner and a frame member, a flashing member having a top surface; an upstanding sleeve attached to the top surface of the flashing member; an elevated water seal having a borehole formed therethrough, the elevated water seal further comprising at least one screw for providing a waterproof seal between the article and the roof structure; and whereby the plurality of PV modules are interlocked in a way to provide a corner-to-corner coupling arrangement supported above the roof through the frame members of the plurality of PV modules.

公开(公告)号：US10199983B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US15685433

申请日：2017-08-24

Applicant: Ironridge, Inc.

Inventor： Shawn Meine ,  Jon Ash ,  William Kim ,  David Taggart ,  William Pereira

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/63 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a roof attachment assembly for mounting a solar panel on a roof without the use of rails. The assembly includes a splice member includes grounding elements for electrically grounding the solar panel and is removably connected to the array skirt. Also disclosed is a method of using the assembly and an assembly kit.