公开(公告)号：US20210226578A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17130397

申请日：2020-12-22

申请人： SUNFOLDING, INC.

发明人： Louis Hong Basel ,  Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Alex Tan Kwan ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Erica S. C. Lin ,  Leila Madrone ,  James Vincent Nolan, IV ,  Matthew N Schneider ,  Youngjoo Shin ,  Eric Preston Lien Suan

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F24S50/20 ,  H01L31/042 ,  F24S30/425 ,  H02S20/10 ,  F15B15/10 ,  B25J9/14

摘要： A fluidic actuator including an angled bottom plate having a cap and first and second plate arms on opposing sides of and extending from the cap. The fluidic actuator further includes a top plate coupled about the cap of the angled bottom plate and a rotatable coupling of the angled bottom plate and top plate.

公开(公告)号：US20180302027A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15955519

申请日：2018-04-17

申请人： SUNFOLDING, INC.

发明人： Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Joshua Earle Erickson ,  Dan Goldwater ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Leila Madrone ,  James Vincent Nolan, IV ,  Vincent Domenic Romanin ,  Matthew N. Schneider ,  Eric Preston Lien Suan

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  H01L31/042 ,  F24S50/20

摘要： A pneumatic control unit configured to inflate a first and second set of bellows with fluid from a pneumatic fluid source via a pneumatic circuit, the first and second set of bellows associated with one or more pneumatic actuators. The pneumatic control unit determines a target configuration of the actuators based on a determined current position of the sun; determines a current configuration of the actuators; determines a difference between the determined current configuration and target configuration of the actuators; determines that the difference between current configuration and the target configuration of the actuators is outside of a tolerance range; and actuates the actuators toward the determined target configuration by at least one of inflating the first or second set of bellows with fluid from the pneumatic fluid source via the pneumatic circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20230066669A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：US17982328

申请日：2022-11-07

申请人： Sunfolding, Inc.

发明人： Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Saul Thomas Griffith ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Peter Sturt Lynn ,  Leila Marcia Madrone ,  Matthew Ness Schneider ,  Kevin Patrick Simon ,  Louis Basel ,  Victoria Hammett Macomber ,  Daniel Goldwater

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F15B15/10

摘要： A solar tracker comprising: a bottom plate, a top plate, at least one assembly rotatably coupling the top and bottom plates, one or more bellows units disposed between the top plate and bottom plate and a locking mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US10917038B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US15955044

申请日：2018-04-17

申请人： SUNFOLDING, INC.

发明人： Louis Hong Basel ,  Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Alex Tan Kwan ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Erica S. C. Lin ,  Leila Madrone ,  James Vincent Nolan, IV ,  Matthew N Schneider ,  Youngjoo Shin ,  Eric Preston Lien Suan

IPC分类号： F15B15/10 ,  H02S20/32 ,  F24S50/20 ,  H01L31/042 ,  F24S30/425 ,  H02S20/10 ,  B25J9/14 ,  F24S30/00 ,  G01S3/786

摘要： An actuator that includes a bottom plate, a top-plate, and a first and second hub assembly extending between the bottom and top plates. The actuator can further include a first and second bellows disposed on opposing sides of the hub assemblies, the first and second bellows each extending between and coupled to the top plate and bottom plate. The actuator can also include a plurality of washers disposed between the top and bottom plates, with each of the washers coupled to the first and second hub assembly, a first set of the plurality of washers surrounding the first bellows and a second set of the plurality of washers surrounding the second bellows.

公开(公告)号：US20180302025A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15955044

申请日：2018-04-17

申请人： SUNFOLDING, INC.

发明人： Louis Hong Basel ,  Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Alex Tan Kwan ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Erica S. C. Lin ,  Leila Madrone ,  James Vincent Nolan, IV ,  Matthew N Schneider ,  Youngjoo Shin ,  Eric Preston Lien Suan

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F15B15/10

摘要： An actuator that includes a bottom plate, a top-plate, and a first and second hub assembly extending between the bottom and top plates. The actuator can further include a first and second bellows disposed on opposing sides of the hub assemblies, the first and second bellows each extending between and coupled to the top plate and bottom plate. The actuator can also include a plurality of washers disposed between the top and bottom plates, with each of the washers coupled to the first and second hub assembly, a first set of the plurality of washers surrounding the first bellows and a second set of the plurality of washers surrounding the second bellows.

公开(公告)号：US11502639B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16423899

申请日：2019-05-28

申请人： Sunfolding, Inc.

发明人： Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Saul Thomas Griffith ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Peter Sturt Lynn ,  Leila Marcia Madrone ,  Matthew Ness Schneider ,  Kevin Patrick Simon ,  Louis Basel ,  Victoria Hammett Macomber ,  Dan Goldwater

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F15B15/10 ,  F24S30/00

摘要： An actuator comprising a bottom plate, a top-plate and one or more hub assembly extending between and rotatably coupling the bottom and top plates. The actuator also includes one or more bellows units disposed between the top plate and bottom plate, the one or more bellows units comprising a first and second inflatable bellows coupled by a web extending between the first and second bellows, the first and second bellows defining respective and separate first and second bellows cavities, with the first bellows of the bellows units disposed on a first side of the bottom plate, and the second bellows of the bellows units disposed on a second side of the bottom plate, opposing the first side, and between the top and bottom plates.

公开(公告)号：US20210175841A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17178593

申请日：2021-02-18

申请人： SUNFOLDING, INC.

发明人： Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Joshua Earle Erickson ,  Dan Goldwater ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Leila Madrone ,  James Vincent Nolan, IV ,  Vincent Domenic Romanin ,  Matthew N. Schneider ,  Eric Preston Lien Suan

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F24S50/20 ,  H01L31/042 ,  F24S30/425 ,  H02S20/10 ,  F15B15/10 ,  B25J9/14

摘要： A solar tracker system having one or more solar trackers that each include one or more panels and one or more actuators coupled to the one or more panels, the one or more actuators having a first and second vessel; and an electronic control unit configured to inflate the first vessel with fluid from a fluid source and configured to separately inflate the second vessel with fluid from the fluid source. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that a stow event is present based on a first set of environmental data obtained from an environmental sensor that indicates environmental conditions pose a threat to the one or more solar trackers, and in response to determining that the stow event is present, actuate the one or more panels toward a stow configuration target angle by at least inflating the first or second vessels with fluid from the fluid source.

公开(公告)号：US10951159B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US15955519

申请日：2018-04-17

申请人： SUNFOLDING, INC.

发明人： Kyle Douglass Betts ,  Joshua Earle Erickson ,  Dan Goldwater ,  Jeffrey Charles Lamb ,  Leila Madrone ,  James Vincent Nolan, IV ,  Vincent Domenic Romanin ,  Matthew N Schneider ,  Eric Preston Lien Suan

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F24S50/20 ,  H01L31/042 ,  F24S30/425 ,  H02S20/10 ,  F15B15/10 ,  B25J9/14 ,  F24S30/00 ,  G01S3/786

摘要： A pneumatic control unit configured to inflate a first and second set of bellows with fluid from a pneumatic fluid source via a pneumatic circuit, the first and second set of bellows associated with one or more pneumatic actuators. The pneumatic control unit determines a target configuration of the actuators based on a determined current position of the sun; determines a current configuration of the actuators; determines a difference between the determined current configuration and target configuration of the actuators; determines that the difference between current configuration and the target configuration of the actuators is outside of a tolerance range; and actuates the actuators toward the determined target configuration by at least one of inflating the first or second set of bellows with fluid from the pneumatic fluid source via the pneumatic circuit.