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公开(公告)号：US12095410B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-17
申请号：US17584035
申请日：2022-01-25
Applicant: NEXTracker LLC
Inventor： Stuart Upfill-Brown , Tushar Guha , Jacob Mark Morin
Abstract: Methods and systems of managing dynamic response to wind in a solar tracker system are provided. The method includes determining a wind speed, comparing the wind speed to a predetermined threshold value to determine if the wind speed equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold, positioning a windward most solar tracker to a predetermined angle based on the comparing, and positioning a leeward most solar tracker to the predetermined angle based on the comparing. The solar trackers are positioned at the predetermined angle at a predetermined interval starting at the windward most solar tracker and the remaining solar trackers remain in a normal operating condition.
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2.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240072720A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-29
申请号：US18454599
申请日：2023-08-23
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Tushar Guha , Abhimanyu Sable , Asher Dakarapu , Jacob Mark Morin
IPC: H02S20/32 , F24S30/425
CPC classification number: H02S20/32 , F24S30/425 , F24S2030/19
Abstract: A solar tracking system includes a first solar tracking row and a second solar tracking row, each of the first and second solar tracking rows including a plurality of support piers, a torque tube rotatably supported on the plurality of support piers, a plurality of solar modules coupled to the torque tube, and at least one damper coupled to the plurality of support piers at a first end and coupled to a portion of the torque tube at a second, opposite end, and a connecting rod coupled to a portion of each torque tube of the first and second solar trackers such that rotation of the torque tube of the first solar tracker row effectuates movement of the connecting rod, which in turn, effectuates rotation of the torque tube of the second solar tracking row.
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公开(公告)号：US12301164B2
公开(公告)日：2025-05-13
申请号：US17989556
申请日：2022-11-17
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Jacob Mark Morin , David Kresse , Daniel Y Abraham , Angel Galván Caride , Jeevan Vadakapuram
Abstract: A solar tracker, solar array, and method of designing a solar tracker or array including a plurality of piers, a torque tube supported by the piers, each pier having a common reveal from the earth and the torque tube has a relative angle from a first pier to a second pier of between 0.25 and about 0.75 degrees.
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公开(公告)号：US20240258968A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-01
申请号：US18426846
申请日：2024-01-30
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Jacob Mark Morin , David Kresse , Ricardo Delgado-Nanez
Abstract: A method for assessing health of a solar tracker includes receiving data associated with a parameter of a plurality of solar trackers of a solar array, determining a health status tier from data received for one or more of the plurality of solar trackers, assigning the determined health status tier to the one or more of the plurality of solar trackers, and instructing solar trackers of the plurality of solar trackers assigned to a first health status tier to transition to a predetermined position.
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公开(公告)号：US20240339959A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-10
申请号：US18626523
申请日：2024-04-04
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Andrew Thomsen , Jacob Mark Morin , Tushar Kanti Guha , Ricardo Delgado-Nanez
IPC: H02S20/32
CPC classification number: H02S20/32
Abstract: A solar tracking system includes a pier, a torque tube rotatably supported on the pier, a solar module coupled to the torque tube, wherein rotation of the torque tube effectuates a corresponding rotation of the solar module, and an inerter, the inerter including a drive gear couplable to the torque tube, wherein rotation of the torque tube effectuates movement of the drive gear, a drive gear operably coupled to the drive gear, wherein movement of the drive gear effectuates movement of the driven gear, and a flywheel operably coupled to the driven gear, wherein movement of the driven gear effectuates rotation of the flywheel, wherein a wind loading on the solar module effectuates rotation of the torque tube and a corresponding rotation of the flywheel, where rotation of the flywheel stores kinetic energy to mitigate excitation of the solar tracker.
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公开(公告)号：US20240258962A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-01
申请号：US18631420
申请日：2024-04-10
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Jacob Mark Morin , Abhimanyu Sable , Pradeep Kumar Dube
Abstract: A solar tracker including a torque tube, a plurality of bearings configured to receive the torque tube, a plurality of piers each configured to receive one of the plurality of bearings, and a lock-out device mounted on one of the plurality of piers and operatively associated with at least one of the plurality of bearings, the lock out device configured to periodically engage and disengage openings formed in the bearings to limit movement of the torque tube and to transfer load from the torque tube to the pier on which it is mounted.
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公开(公告)号：US11984841B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-14
申请号：US17469700
申请日：2021-09-08
Applicant: NEXTRACKER LLC
Inventor： Jacob Mark Morin , Abhimanyu Sable , Pradeep Kumar Dube
Abstract: A solar tracker including a torque tube, a plurality of bearings configured to receive the torque tube, a plurality of piers each configured to receive one of the plurality of bearings, and a lock-out device mounted on one of the plurality of piers and operatively associated with at least one of the plurality of bearings, the lock out device configured to periodically engage and disengage openings formed in the bearings to limit movement of the torque tube and to transfer load from the torque tube to the pier on which it is mounted.
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公开(公告)号：US11955923B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-09
申请号：US17404640
申请日：2021-08-17
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Ricardo Delgado-Nanez , Jacob Mark Morin , Alexander W. Au , Samuel Heller
Abstract: A solar tracker including at least one pair of piers configured to be secured in the ground and defining a span between the pair, a bearing supported on the pier, and a torque tube supported in the bearing such that the bearing enables rotation of the torque tube, the torque tube including a double wall thickness area, wherein the double wall thickness area limits deflection of the torque tube along the span.
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公开(公告)号：US20250164154A1
公开(公告)日：2025-05-22
申请号：US18947256
申请日：2024-11-14
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Jacob Mark Morin , Abhimanyu Anil Sable , Alexander W. AU
IPC: F24S30/425 , F24S30/00 , H02S20/32
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a continuous torque tube of a solar tracking system on site includes the steps of: placing raw material at a rolling apparatus on site; shaping the raw material into torque tube components at the rolling apparatus on site; joining the shaped torque tube components output from the rolling apparatus on site to create a continuous torque tube; and placing solar modules at the continuous torque tube to create a continuous solar tracker row.
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公开(公告)号：US20240413785A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-12
申请号：US18809627
申请日：2024-08-20
Applicant: Nextracker LLC
Inventor： Stuart Upfill-Brown , Tushar Guha , Jacob Mark Morin
Abstract: Methods and systems of managing dynamic response to wind in a solar tracker system are provided. The method includes determining a wind speed, comparing the wind speed to a predetermined threshold value to determine if the wind speed equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold, positioning a windward most solar tracker to a predetermined angle based on the comparing, and positioning a leeward most solar tracker to the predetermined angle based on the comparing. The solar trackers are positioned at the predetermined angle at a predetermined interval starting at the windward most solar tracker and the remaining solar trackers remain in a normal operating condition.
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