Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Off-set swivel drive assembly for solar tracker
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Application No.: US14489412Application Date: 2014-09-17
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Publication No.: US10222446B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Alexander W. Au
- Applicant: NEXTracker Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Nextracker Inc
- Current Assignee: Nextracker Inc
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agency: Weber Rosselli & Cannon LLP
- Main IPC: G01S3/786
- IPC: G01S3/786 ; H01L31/042 ; F16H19/08 ; F24J2/54 ; F24S30/425 ; H02S20/32 ; H02S20/10 ; F24S25/65 ; F24S25/10 ; F24S30/00

Abstract:
In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus configured with an off-set drive assembly. In an example, the apparatus has an inner race structure, which has a cylindrical region coupled to a main body region, the main body comprising an off-set open region. The cylindrical region is an annular sleeve structure coupled to the main body region, which occupies the spatial region within the cylindrical region. In an example, the apparatus has an outer race structure coupled to enclose the inner race structure, configured to couple the inner race structure to allow the inner race structure to move in a rotational manner about a spatial arc region; and configured to allow the inner race structure to pivot about a region normal to a direction of the spatial arc region. In an example, the solar tracker has a clamp assembly that is configured to pivot a torque tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150000722A1 OFF-SET SWIVEL DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR SOLAR TRACKER Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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