Solar energy collector
AssigneeDiversified Solar Systems, LLC
InventorSteven Polk
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Abstract
A solar collector may include a frame for supporting a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) panels. The frame may be adapted to removably attach to a base. The solar collector may include a first panel assembly, including at least one of the plurality of PV panels, pivotally attached to the frame about a first axis. The solar collector may also include a second panel assembly, including at least one of the plurality of PV panels, pivotally attached to the first panel assembly. The second panel assembly may collectively move with the first panel assembly about the first axis and to pivot relative to the frame, and to pivot about a second axis that is substantially parallel to and radially offset from the first axis, to move between a deployed position and a retracted position.
Claims16
A solar collector comprising:
- a frame for supporting a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) panels, wherein the frame is adapted to removably attach to a base;
- a first panel assembly, including at least one of the plurality of PV panels, pivotally attached to the frame about a first axis;
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- a second panel assembly, including at least one of the plurality of PV panels, pivotally attached to the first panel assembly to collectively move with the first panel assembly about the first axis and to pivot relative to the frame, and to pivot about a second axis that is substantially parallel to and radially offset from the first axis, to move between a deployed position and a retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.