公开(公告)号：US20230358289A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18135167

申请日：2023-04-16

Applicant: Stabilus GmbH

Inventor： JAMES T. KULL ,  TODD A. GREVE ,  RAHUL CHANDRASHEKAR ,  CHRISTOPHER NIEMIEC

IPC: F16F9/18 ,  H02S20/32 ,  F16F9/32 ,  F16F9/34

CPC classification number: F16F9/18 ,  H02S20/32 ,  F16F9/3292 ,  F16F9/34 ,  F16F2222/12 ,  F16F2230/18 ,  F16F2230/08 ,  F16F2232/08

Abstract: A damping apparatus for use with a solar panel array and a solar tracking device that is operatively connected to the solar panel array to control positioning of solar panels. The damping apparatus can absorb kinetic energy from movement of the solar panels and convert the kinetic energy to heat energy. The damping apparatus can include one or more sensors that measure collect data corresponding to the heat energy. The damping apparatus can send instructions to the solar tracking device for adjusting the position of the solar panels based on the analysis of the sensor data.