Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shaft bearing for solar panels and drive unit
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Application No.: US14334464Application Date: 2014-07-17
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Publication No.: US09640695B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Werner Fischer
- Applicant: Werner Fischer
- Agency: Tiajoloff & Kelly LLP
- Priority: ATGM50104/2013U 20130724
- Main IPC: F16M11/00
- IPC: F16M11/00 ; H01L31/052 ; F24J2/54 ; F24J2/52

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for the mounting and single-axis solar position tracking of a plurality of tracking units arranged successively in the north-south direction for solar panels having multiple drive units for this solar position tracking, wherein each tracking unit consists of a supporting framework for two adjacent solar panel assemblies each having multiple solar panels, which are installed on panel carriers, each have an associated main support shaft and a drive unit, wherein each main support shaft is connected at the ends to a main support receptacle in each case, the imaginary longitudinal axis through all main support receptacles forms the overall axis of rotation of the device, wherein the overall axis of rotation can have a bend, the drive unit is connected to two directly adjacent main support receptacles, so that a drive unit communicates in each case with two main support shafts, and causes the tracking of both solar panel assemblies from east to west and back by extending or retracting a telescopic arm, wherein each main support shaft is only connected to one drive unit, the entire arrangement is supported by piledriven profiles and each drive unit is connected to a piledriven profile and the mounting plates of the two main support receptacles supported on this piledriven profile.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150027512A1 SHAFT BEARING FOR SOLAR PANELS AND DRIVE UNIT Public/Granted day:2015-01-29
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