公开(公告)号：US11814810B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US17585396

申请日：2022-01-26

申请人： Stephen Kelleher

发明人： Stephen Kelleher

IPC分类号： E02D5/74 ,  E02D5/54 ,  E02D7/02 ,  E02D27/50 ,  E02D27/52 ,  H02S20/10 ,  H02S20/32 ,  E02D5/28 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S25/617 ,  E02D5/80 ,  E02B3/20 ,  E02B3/24

CPC分类号： E02D5/74 ,  E02D5/285 ,  E02D5/54 ,  E02D7/02 ,  E02D27/50 ,  E02D27/525 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S25/617 ,  H02S20/10 ,  H02S20/32 ,  E02B3/20 ,  E02B3/24 ,  E02D5/80

摘要： A ground mounting assembly includes one or a plurality of posts, each attached to at least one stabilizing plate or scoop pyramid. The post may be driven into the ground and then lifted to deploy plates into a locking mechanism, or driven into the ground by a pile driver with plate held in place, released, and driven further and deployed into a locking mechanism, or driven into the ground and double pounded inside the post to drive reinforcing plate into slotted winglets, or driven, double pounded and rotated to extend the reinforcing plates horizontally from the pole or pile. The post also can used as a mooring in harbors, lakes, or at sea. A system based on a double pounder pile driven mono pole, optionally extendable in length, is also described.

公开(公告)号：US11761688B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US18096268

申请日：2023-01-12

申请人： SMARDT CHILLER GROUP INC.

发明人： Vincent Canino ,  Gregory Tutwiler

IPC分类号： F25B27/00 ,  H02S20/30 ,  F24S25/12

CPC分类号： F25B27/00 ,  F24S25/12 ,  H02S20/30 ,  F25B2600/111

摘要： An air cooled oil-free centrifugal chiller system and method, the system comprising at least one AC condenser fan; at least one solar panel; at least one AC/DC convertible fan connected to the at least one solar panel; and a controller configured to determine when sufficient DC power is available and activating the at least one AC/DC convertible fan when sufficient DC power is available, and when DC power is not sufficient, activating the at least one AC condenser fan.

公开(公告)号：US11533017B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-20

申请号：US17014848

申请日：2020-09-08

申请人： Array Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Ronald P. Corio

IPC分类号： H02S20/32 ,  F16M11/12 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S30/452 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S30/00

摘要： A solar tracker assembly is provided which includes a support column, a torque tube or torsion beam connected to the support column, a mounting mechanism attached to the torque tube or torsion beam, a drive system connected to the torque tube or torsion beam, and a spring counter-balance assembly connected to the torque tube or torsion beam. An exemplary spring counter-balance assembly comprises a bearing housing and a bushing disposed within the bearing housing and configured to be slideably mounted onto the torque tube or torsion beam, and one or more compressible cords made of a flexible material. The compressible cords are located between the bushing and the bearing housing and provide damping during rotational movement of the solar tracker assembly. An exemplary spring counter-balance assembly is provided including at least one top bracket and at least one bottom bracket, at least one spring, a damper, and a bracket. An exemplary spring counter-balance assembly comprises a bearing housing and a bushing disposed within the bearing housing and configured to be slideably mounted onto the torque tube or torsion beam. The spring counter-balance assembly may include at least one coil spring and a rotational stop. The bushing may be made of an elastomeric material and define one or more air spaces.

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.

公开(公告)号：US11251745B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US15533189

申请日：2015-12-11

申请人： Nevados Engineering, Inc.

发明人： Yezin Taha ,  Norman Xiao

IPC分类号： H02S20/30 ,  H02S20/10 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S25/12 ,  H01L31/042

摘要： Systems and methods for providing and controlling solar panel arrays are provided. The solar panel array may include one or more articulating joints that may provide variability in the arrangement of solar panels, which may allow the solar panel array to be distributed over varying types of underlying surfaces. The articulating joints may allow orientations of solar panels to be different relative to one another. The articulating joints may convey rotational force across the joints, so that a rotational force used to drive a first solar panel may also be conveyed across the joint and used to drive a second solar panel. The controls system may include row-specific semi-autonomous, or autonomous, controllers as well as controllers to interface with multiple rows. The controllers may include sensors to measure system power generation and basic operations aspects of the solar field to directly measure, or infer, module shading within the solar field. The controller may use this shading and operations data to identify shading, mitigate shading, identify methods to increase power generation, and identify optimum tilt angles for the tracker rows.

公开(公告)号：US11177764B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16643229

申请日：2018-08-29

申请人： Shadepower Group Pty Ltd

发明人： Andrew Ferris ,  Howard Kohler ,  Myles Kohler

IPC分类号： H02S20/23 ,  H02S30/10 ,  F24S25/636 ,  H02S20/10 ,  F24S20/67 ,  F24S25/634 ,  F24S25/61 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/60

摘要： There is proposed an apparatus used for holding solar panels and a roof structure, including an elongate rail member, an elongate capping member movably connected to the elongate rail member, a plurality of interconnected adjustment devices, and a drive mechanism. The adjustment devices are spaced apart along a length of the elongate rail member and are configured to move the elongate capping member relative to the elongate rail member. The drive mechanism is configured to control the movement of the adjustment devices to affect the clamping of the solar array panels between the elongate capping member and the elongate rail member. The drive mechanism is adjustable from a single location along the elongate rail member, such as from an end.

公开(公告)号：US20210257962A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US16999866

申请日：2020-08-21

申请人： Ojjo, Inc.

发明人： Greg McPheeters ,  Tyrus Hudson ,  Charles Almy ,  Jack West

IPC分类号： H02S20/30 ,  F24S25/617 ,  F24S25/30 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S25/16 ,  E02D5/80

摘要： Fixed-tilt solar arrays constructed from screw anchors. In some cases, purlins are attached directly to truss legs. In others, they are attached to truss caps joining the free end of each truss leg. In still further ones, screw anchors are driven in rows and interconnected by a pair of hinged members, one of which provides a mounting plane for solar panels. Each screw anchor may serve as a connection point for the trailing hinged member of the first foundation and the leading hinged member of the next foundation. In still further cases, a hinged truss cap may be used to accommodate different tilt angles with the same foundation.

公开(公告)号：US10998461B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US15983937

申请日：2018-05-18

申请人： FCX Solar LLC

发明人： Christopher Thomas Needham ,  Frank Carl Oudheusden

IPC分类号： H01L31/042 ,  H02S20/23 ,  F24S50/60 ,  F24S25/00 ,  F24S25/12 ,  F24S40/80 ,  F24S20/67 ,  H02S20/10

摘要： A solar canopy has a solar panel assembly including a first solar panel coupled to a second solar panel and oriented non-parallel with respect to the second solar panel. The solar panel assembly has an effective solar-panel-assembly wind loading less than a sum of a first-solar-panel effective wind loading and a second-solar-panel effective wind loading determined individually. An actual load applied by the solar panel assembly to a solar-panel-assembly support structure coupled thereto when the solar panel assembly is subject to a wind loading is less than a design load for the solar panel assembly subject to the wind loading based on a sum of a first-solar-panel net pressure and a second-solar-panel net pressure determined independently.

公开(公告)号：US20200370790A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16768162

申请日：2018-10-15

申请人： Meccanotecnica Umbra S.p.A.

发明人： Paolo PIACENTI ,  Fabrizio RAGNI ,  Massimiliano BORASSO

IPC分类号： F24S80/30 ,  F16L27/08 ,  F24S23/71 ,  F24S25/12

摘要： A joint for systems for transporting a high temperature heat-transfer fluid is provided. The joint includes a fixed conduit, a first sealing ring joined to the fixed conduit, a rotatable conduit in abutment with the sealing ring, and an outer casing delimiting a chamber. A contact region between the rotatable conduit and the first sealing ring is arranged in the chamber. The outer casing is sealingly engaged with the rotatable conduit by a second sealing ring and with the fixed conduit.