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公开(公告)号：US11817819B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-14
申请号：US17812409
申请日：2022-07-13
发明人： Nathan Schuknecht , Lucas Creasy
CPC分类号： H02S30/10 , B23P21/002 , H02S20/30
摘要： A method may include positioning one or more PV module mounting devices along a length of a structural component. The method may include specifying one or more parameters related to fastening the PV module mounting devices to the structural component, the one or more parameters indicating a spacing between the PV module mounting devices. The method may include fastening, by an automated attachment equipment, the PV module mounting devices to the structural component based on the specified parameters and moving the PV module mounting devices fastened to the structural component to an assembly platform.
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公开(公告)号：US20220308600A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-29
申请号：US17806925
申请日：2022-06-14
发明人： Kyumin Lee , Lucas Creasy , Jon Sharp , Lars Tomasson , Sourav Gur
摘要： A method may include orienting a set of solar power units in a first position in which rows of solar power units are shaded by adjacent rows of solar power units; and monitoring energy generated by the set of solar power units over a window of time, that includes from when the set of solar power units are oriented in the first position until a sun angle corresponds to none of the rows being shaded by the adjacent rows. The method may include identifying a knee in energy generation during the first window of time, where the knee indicates a transition from higher to lower rates of change of energy generation at a given solar angle. The method may include plotting a trajectory of future orientation positions over time of the set of solar power units that include an orientation and time corresponding to the given solar angle.
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公开(公告)号：US11973460B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-30
申请号：US17315285
申请日：2021-05-08
发明人： Nathan Schuknecht , Lucas Creasy , Jason Addink , Andrew Chase
IPC分类号： H01L31/042 , F24S25/20 , H02S30/10
摘要： A mounting bracket assembly comprising may include an upper region with flat portions on either end that interface with a photovoltaic (PV) module and a lower portion in between the flat portions, and a central portion at least partially surrounding a hole shaped to accommodate a torsion beam. The mounting bracket assembly may also include side portions extending from the ends of the upper region to below the hole shaped to accommodate the torsion beam, and a first outer lining along a periphery of the mounting bracket assembly. The mounting bracket assembly may also include a second outer lining along the hole shaped to accommodate the torsion beam, and multiple ribs extending between the first outer lining and the second outer lining.
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公开(公告)号：US11437949B2
公开(公告)日：2022-09-06
申请号：US17505518
申请日：2021-10-19
发明人： Lucas Creasy , Todd DarVel Andersen , Jon Andrew Sharp , James John Stoshak , Sanket Shah , James Fusaro
摘要： A method may include obtaining a normal set point of a solar panel and a wind velocity measurement corresponding to wind that affects the solar panel. The method may include determining an allowable range of tilt angles according to a first lookup table that describes a relationship between the wind velocity measurement and the allowable range of tilt angles. The method may include identifying whether the normal set point of the solar panel is outside of the allowable range of tilt angles, and responsive to identifying that the normal set point of the solar panel is outside of the allowable range of tilt angles, determining a temporary stow set point. The method may include rotating the solar panel to the temporary stow set point.
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公开(公告)号：USD956536S1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-05
申请号：US29734139
申请日：2020-05-08
设计人： Nathan Schuknecht , Lucas Creasy , Jason Addink , Andrew Chase
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公开(公告)号：US11360492B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-14
申请号：US17061341
申请日：2020-10-01
发明人： Kyumin Lee , Lucas Creasy , Jon Sharp , Lars Tomasson , Sourav Gur
摘要： A method may include orienting a set of solar power units in a first position in which rows of solar power units are shaded by adjacent rows of solar power units; and monitoring energy generated by the set of solar power units over a window of time, that includes from when the set of solar power units are oriented in the first position until a sun angle corresponds to none of the rows being shaded by the adjacent rows. The method may include identifying a knee in energy generation during the first window of time, where the knee indicates a transition from higher to lower rates of change of energy generation at a given solar angle. The method may include plotting a trajectory of future orientation positions over time of the set of solar power units that include an orientation and time corresponding to the given solar angle.
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公开(公告)号：US20210359640A1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-18
申请号：US15931301
申请日：2020-05-13
发明人： Nathan Schuknecht , Todd Andersen , Lucas Creasy
摘要： An extension panel may include a mating surface shaped to interface with a back surface of a clamp that includes a mounting hole corresponding to a bolt slot in the back surface of the clamp to accommodate a single bolt passing through the extension panel and the clamp. The extension panel may also include a pair of flanges projecting outward from the mating surface and positioned to be on either side of the clamp. The extension panel may also include a flat top surface generally parallel and aligned linearly with another flat top surface of a flexible member. The extension flat top surface may be sized to be approximately a same width as the flexible member at a first end of the extension flat top surface proximate the mating surface and may flare out as the extension flat top surface extends away from the flexible member.
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公开(公告)号：US11962269B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-16
申请号：US17805010
申请日：2022-06-01
摘要： A method of forming a module clamp of a photovoltaic module support structure may include cutting a folding pattern into a sheet of metal. The folding pattern may include one or more width-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, one or more length-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, and a hole. The method may include stamping one or more first features onto the sheet of metal to form a stamped sheet and folding the stamped sheet along the one or more width-wise slits and the one or more length-wise slits to form a preliminary module clamp. The method may include stamping one or more second features onto the preliminary module clamp to form the module clamp.
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公开(公告)号：US20230213050A1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-06
申请号：US18176395
申请日：2023-02-28
发明人： Lucas Creasy , Nikhil Kumar , James Fusaro , Kenyon Bradley , Daniel Smith
IPC分类号： F16B7/02
CPC分类号： F16B7/025
摘要： A first embodiment of a torque tube coupler may include an outer body that includes a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface adjacent to the first abutting surface. Set screws may be inserted into one or more channels of the first abutting surface. Tightening the set screws may force the abutting surfaces away from each other and the outer body to press against an inner surface of a torque tube. Another embodiment of the torque tube coupler may include a central ring sized based on a size of a torque tube. The torque tube coupler may also include a set of fingers that extend away from a first side of the central ring and are shaped to flex radially outward. The torque tube coupler may include a core disposed within the set of fingers that, when drawn towards the central ring, causes the fingers to flex radially outwards.
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公开(公告)号：US11592046B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-28
申请号：US17474148
申请日：2021-09-14
发明人： Lucas Creasy , Nikhil Kumar , James Fusaro , Kenyon Bradley , Daniel Smith
IPC分类号： F16B7/02
摘要： A first embodiment of a torque tube coupler may include an outer body that includes a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface adjacent to the first abutting surface. Set screws may be inserted into one or more channels of the first abutting surface. Tightening the set screws may force the abutting surfaces away from each other and the outer body to press against an inner surface of a torque tube. Another embodiment of the torque tube coupler may include a central ring sized based on a size of a torque tube. The torque tube coupler may also include a set of fingers that extend away from a first side of the central ring and are shaped to flex radially outward. The torque tube coupler may include a core disposed within the set of fingers that, when drawn towards the central ring, causes the fingers to flex radially outwards.
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