公开(公告)号：US20200313606A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16847480

申请日：2020-04-13

Applicant: Brian C. Boguess

Inventor： Brian C. Boguess

IPC: H02S30/10 ,  H02S40/32 ,  H02S40/38 ,  H02S20/30 ,  F24S25/617 ,  F24S25/12 ,  H02S20/10 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S25/70

Abstract: Support platforms for one or more solar panels and systems and methods for securing support platforms are provided. In one embodiment, a frame of a support platform includes a plurality of support legs, each leg including a shoe plate. One or more toggle anchors with rod and/or cable are provided that include an anchor portion and a toggle portion pivotally coupled to the anchor portion, and a rod and/or cable is coupled to the toggle portion. Each anchor is driven into the ground with a driving rod such that an exposed end of the rod and/or cable extends from the ground. The driving rod is removed, and the rod and/or cable is pulled to deploy the anchor, and which the anchor is pull tested and measured in real time soil conditions whereupon the exposed end is coupled to the shoe plate of one of the support legs to apply a desired tensile force between the exposed end and the anchor to secure the support leg and, consequently, the support platform relative to the ground.

公开(公告)号：US10476425B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15990752

申请日：2018-05-28

Applicant: Rillito River Solar, LLC

Inventor： Brian Cecil Stearns ,  Alexander Grant Bornemann

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/60 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/40 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/30 ,  F24S25/00

Abstract: A roof mount system supports a solar panel above a roof and includes a base positioned on the roof and a first fastener connected to the base and extending away from the roof and moveable along the base in a direction generally parallel to the roof. A first clamp supports a bottom surface of a solar panel frame and adjusts the height of the solar panel above the roof by moving the first clamp along a first fastener in a direction perpendicular to the roof. A second clamp is connected to a second fastener and moves with respect to the first clamp perpendicular to the roof. The solar panel is clamped between the first clamp and the second clamp portion. A protrusion extends from the first or second clamp to form an electrical bond between the solar panel frame and the respective first or second clamp.

公开(公告)号：US10458681B1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US16134591

申请日：2018-09-18

Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Inventor： Franklin J. Gulian

IPC: B01D53/04 ,  F24S80/00 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/10 ,  F24S20/50 ,  H02S20/30

Abstract: In accordance with exemplary inventive practice, a catalytic system and a temperature swing adsorption system are thermally integrated. The temperature range of the adsorption system is lower than the catalyst operating temperature. Benefits of inventive practice include reduction of total energy consumption and of generated waste-heat. Total energy consumption is reduced by transferring some of the waste-heat generated by the catalytic system into the adsorption system during the sorbent heat-up portion of the sorbent regeneration cycle. The heat is transferred using a thermal reservoir, which accumulates heat from the catalytic apparatus and transfers it to the adsorption apparatus at a later time, and which is repeatedly cycled as the sorbent is cycled. The catalytic system and the adsorption system can be inventively integrated in various ways to reduce the total energy consumed, and/or to modify the sorbent regeneration temperature profile, and/or to obtain an optimum power load profile.

公开(公告)号：US10361652B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15265110

申请日：2016-09-14

Applicant: Vivint Solar, Inc.

Inventor： Willard S. MacDonald ,  Gregory N. Nielson ,  Roger L. Jungerman

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  H02S20/00 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/63 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/40 ,  F24S25/60

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to solar module mounting systems. A system may include an adhesion sheet configured to be secured to a roof of a structure via an adhesive. The system may further include at least one clamp configured for securing at least one solar module to the adhesion sheet. Other embodiments are related to methods of attaching one or more solar modules to a structure.

公开(公告)号：US20190184544A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16280825

申请日：2019-02-20

Applicant: Saied Tadayon

Inventor： Saied Tadayon

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

CPC classification number: B25J5/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/005 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  F24S25/10 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S40/00 ,  F24S40/20 ,  F24S50/20 ,  F24S2025/014 ,  F24S2050/25 ,  F24S2201/00 ,  Y02E10/47 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/41 ,  Y10S901/46

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：US10305415B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US14819398

申请日：2015-08-05

Applicant: Sunrun South LLC

Inventor： Greg McPheeters ,  Geno Viscuso

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  F16B2/06 ,  F16B2/18 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/70 ,  H02S20/30 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S25/60

Abstract: Solar panel installation systems are disclosed that reduce or eliminate the need for large, costly rails for mounting solar panels on an installation surface. The systems may include an array of framed solar modules supported above an installation surface using a number of height-adjustable base members. Adjacent solar modules in the array may be coupled to one another at or near their corners using module links that can structurally couple the frames of the adjacent solar modules together.

公开(公告)号：US20180323742A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US16035630

申请日：2018-07-14

Applicant: Ecolibrium Solar, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Brian Dick ,  Brian James Wildes

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  H01L31/02 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F16B5/06 ,  H02S20/24 ,  H02S20/10

CPC classification number: H02S20/23 ,  F16B5/0614 ,  F24S25/11 ,  F24S25/16 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S2025/02 ,  F24S2025/806 ,  H01L31/02008 ,  H02S20/00 ,  H02S20/10 ,  H02S20/24 ,  Y02B10/12 ,  Y02B10/20 ,  Y02E10/47 ,  Y02E10/50

Abstract: A support assembly for mounting photovoltaic modules on a support surface and a mounting system including the same are disclosed herein. The support assembly may comprise a the body portion including a base portion and at least one upright support member coupled to the base portion, the at least one upright support member comprising an integrally formed ballast tray slot in one side thereof for receiving an upturned edge of a ballast tray; and at least one clamp subassembly coupled to the at least one upright support member of the body portion, the at least one clamp subassembly configured to be coupled to one or more photovoltaic modules. In addition to a plurality of support assemblies, the mounting system may further comprise at least one ballast tray support bracket, the ballast tray support bracket supporting a portion of a ballast tray on the support surface.

公开(公告)号：US10088201B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US15287267

申请日：2016-10-06

Applicant: PEGASUS SOLAR INC.

Inventor： Erich Kai Stephan ,  Glenn Harris

IPC: F24S25/636 ,  F24S80/00 ,  H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/60

Abstract: Solar panel mounting assemblies having an arm support assembly for supporting a clamp assembly above an installation surface through a base and a base stud and configured to allow the clamp assembly to be adjusted in three dimensions while installing a solar panel module.

公开(公告)号：US20250063852A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-20

申请号：US18899182

申请日：2024-09-27

Applicant: Nextracker LLC

Inventor： Alexander W. AU

IPC: H01L31/052 ,  F24S25/10 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S30/00 ,  F24S30/425 ,  H02S20/32

Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.

公开(公告)号：US12132439B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US18164255

申请日：2023-02-03

Applicant: SUNPOWER CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryan Braunstein ,  Zachary Kinyon ,  Guillaume Carre ,  David Matrat

IPC: H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/30 ,  F24S25/33 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/70 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S25/60

CPC classification number: H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/30 ,  F24S25/33 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/70 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S2025/016 ,  F24S25/60 ,  Y02B10/10 ,  Y02B10/20 ,  Y02E10/47 ,  Y10T24/44 ,  Y10T24/44017 ,  Y10T24/44265 ,  Y10T24/44641 ,  Y10T29/49355

Abstract: A solar power system can include a rail and a solar module disposed on the rail. A clamp assembly can couple the solar module to the rail. The clamp assembly can have a clamped configuration in which the solar module is secured to the rail and an unclamped configuration. The clamp assembly can comprise an upper clamp member, a lower clamp member coupled to the rail, and a stabilization member mechanically engaging the upper clamp member and the lower clamp member. The stabilization member can prevent rotation of the lower clamp member relative to the rail when the clamp assembly is in the clamped and unclamped configurations. In the unclamped configuration, the stabilization member can be biased such that the upper clamp member is disposed at a sufficient clearance above the rail to permit the insertion of the solar module between the upper clamp member and the rail.