公开(公告)号：US20240322742A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18671607

申请日：2024-05-22

申请人： IronRidge, Inc.

发明人： Roger Pedlar ,  Bryan Lester ,  Anumeha Justice ,  Duane Menton ,  Joe Greer ,  Alexander Parsley ,  Jordan Wensley

IPC分类号： H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/30 ,  F24S25/35 ,  F24S25/60 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/65

CPC分类号： H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/30 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S25/35 ,  F24S2025/6003 ,  F24S2025/6006 ,  F24S25/634

摘要： A rail-based solar panel mounting system including at least one mounting bracket coupled to a mounting surface and at least one elongated rail having an open channel configuration, wherein the at least one elongated rail is coupled to the at least one mounting bracket. The mounting system also includes at least one mid-clamp assembly couplable to the at least one elongated rail, wherein the at least one mid-clamp assembly is configured to retain at least one solar panel relative to the at least one elongated rail.

公开(公告)号：US20240258958A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18633770

申请日：2024-04-12

申请人： Nextracker LLC

发明人： Tyler Joseph Watson ,  Dennis Marvin Lawson ,  Thao Thanh Hoang ,  Paul Daniel Habib

IPC分类号： H02S20/10 ,  F24S25/60 ,  F24S25/63 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S25/67 ,  F24S30/00 ,  F24S30/40 ,  H02S20/20 ,  H02S20/30 ,  H02S20/32

CPC分类号： H02S20/10 ,  F24S30/40 ,  H02S20/32 ,  F24S25/60 ,  F24S2025/6002 ,  F24S2025/6005 ,  F24S2025/6006 ,  F24S2025/6007 ,  F24S2025/6008 ,  F24S25/63 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S25/67 ,  F24S2030/10 ,  F24S2030/13 ,  F24S2030/15 ,  H02S20/20 ,  H02S20/30

摘要： A solar module mounting bracket system including a plurality of solar modules including mounting slots formed in a sidewall of the solar module, a torque tube configured to support the solar modules such that they can be rotated, a plurality of mounting brackets configured for integration with the torque tube and to which the plurality of solar modules are mounted, at least one first retainer assembly connected to one of the plurality of mounting brackets, the first retainer assembly including a through bolt, a spring, a mounting tab, and nut. When a solar module is placed on the mounting bracket and supported by the torque tube the mounting tab retainer assembly is received in the mounting slot of the solar module.

公开(公告)号：US12051991B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US18100909

申请日：2023-01-24

申请人： Nextracker LLC

发明人： Alexander W. Au

IPC分类号： F24S25/65 ,  F16F1/36 ,  F16F15/08 ,  F16M11/04 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S40/80 ,  H02S20/32 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S25/60 ,  F24S30/00

CPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F16F1/36 ,  F16F15/08 ,  F16M11/04 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S40/85 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S2025/6003 ,  F24S2030/19 ,  Y02B10/70 ,  Y02E10/47

摘要： In an example, the system has a mechanical isolator comprising an elastic material configured to separate the panel rail from the torque tube cause destructive interference with a natural resonant frequency of the system without the mechanical isolator to reduce a mechanical vibration of the system.

公开(公告)号：US12009774B1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US18400244

申请日：2023-12-29

申请人： Sunmodo Corporation

发明人： Roland Jasmin

IPC分类号： H02S20/23 ,  F16B5/02 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/65 ,  H02S30/00 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/60

CPC分类号： H02S20/23 ,  F16B5/02 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S25/65 ,  H02S30/00 ,  F24S2025/021 ,  F24S2025/6005 ,  F24S2025/6006 ,  Y02E10/47

摘要： Described are supports with devices or brackets, that are specially mounted, such as L-foot adapters, that help mount solar panel racking systems to roofs. The L-foot adapter assembly may include an L-foot adapter body and a spacer that is removable and positionable between the two sides of the L-foot adapter body. A threaded fastener extends through the first of the two sides of the L-foot adapter body, through the spacer, and threadedly engages the second side of the L-foot adapter body. The spacer limits how much the two sides of the L-foot adapter body can be squeezed together and therefore prevents overtightening.

公开(公告)号：US11988415B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US16870521

申请日：2020-05-08

申请人： Craig Roy Werner ,  John Funai ,  Nicholas Palladino

发明人： Craig Roy Werner ,  John Funai ,  Nicholas Palladino

IPC分类号： F24S30/40 ,  F24S23/70 ,  F24S23/74 ,  F24S25/13 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S30/42 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S40/20 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S30/00

CPC分类号： F24S30/40 ,  F24S23/70 ,  F24S23/74 ,  F24S25/13 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S30/42 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S40/20 ,  F24S2023/874 ,  F24S2025/014 ,  F24S2030/11 ,  F24S2030/13 ,  F24S2030/134 ,  F24S2030/14 ,  Y02E10/40 ,  Y02E10/47

摘要： An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.

公开(公告)号：US11879668B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17952930

申请日：2022-09-26

申请人： FLEXRACK by Qcells LLC

发明人： Gregory Paul Huzyak ,  Nancy Elaine Schubert

IPC分类号： F24S25/617 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S25/65

CPC分类号： F24S25/617 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S25/65 ,  Y02E10/47

摘要： An adaptor for connecting a ground screw to an upright beam of a solar panel support assembly includes (a) a cylindrical connector having an open ground-screw receiving bottom end and a top end, the cylindrical connector having an inner circumferential surface with a diameter slightly larger than that of the ground screw and at least two sets of bolt holes, each set of bolt holes including at least three bolt holes uniformly distributed circumferentially about the cylindrical connector at an axial level, and the at least two sets of bolt holes being axially distanced from one another; (b) an intermediate plate having a top surface and a bottom surface fixed to the top end of the cylindrical connector; and (c) an upright beam connector fixed to the top surface of the intermediate plate and extending upward from the intermediate plate.

公开(公告)号：US11859870B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US16906809

申请日：2020-06-19

申请人： Patton Engineering, Inc.

发明人： John C. Patton

IPC分类号： E04D13/00 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S25/61 ,  H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/00

CPC分类号： F24S25/65 ,  E04D13/00 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F16M2200/08 ,  F24S2025/021 ,  H02S20/23

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention provide rigid attachment of materials using a roof mount, a cover, and a resilience constituent. A roof mount may have a top roof mount and bottom roof mount. A resilience constituent may be a ring, a disk with a middle ridge or even an arched disk or the like.

公开(公告)号：US11502638B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US15971522

申请日：2018-05-04

申请人： NEXTracker Inc.

发明人： Tyler Joseph Watson ,  Dennis Marvin Lawson ,  Thao Thanh Hoang ,  Paul Daniel Habib

IPC分类号： H02S20/10 ,  H02S20/32 ,  F24S30/40 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/67 ,  H02S20/20 ,  F24S25/63 ,  F24S25/65 ,  H02S20/30 ,  F24S25/636 ,  F24S30/00 ,  F24S25/60

摘要： A solar module mounting bracket system including a plurality of solar modules including mounting slots formed in a sidewall of the solar module, a torque tube configured to support the solar modules such that they can be rotated, a plurality of mounting brackets configured for integration with the torque tube and to which the plurality of solar modules are mounted, at least one first retainer assembly connected to one of the plurality of mounting brackets, the first retainer assembly including a through bolt, a spring, a mounting tab, and nut. When a solar module is placed on the mounting bracket and supported by the torque tube the mounting tab retainer assembly is received in the mounting slot of the solar module.

公开(公告)号：US20220329202A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17687491

申请日：2022-03-04

申请人： Brian C. Boguess

发明人： Brian C. Boguess

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

摘要： 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：US11271520B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16847480

申请日：2020-04-13

申请人： Brian C. Boguess

发明人： Brian C. Boguess

IPC分类号： E04D13/18 ,  H02S30/10 ,  H02S40/32 ,  H02S40/38 ,  H02S20/30 ,  F24S25/617 ,  F24S25/12 ,  H02S20/10 ,  F24S25/65 ,  F24S25/70 ,  F24S25/00

摘要： 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.