# US 11,444,570 B2 · Modular solar skid with enclosures > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,570 B2 - Document ID: US11444570B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/186,782 - Filed: 2021-02-26 - Published: 2021-09-02 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-28 - Assignees: OffGrid Power Solutions, LLC - Applicants: OffGrid Power Solutions, LLC - Inventors: Marc Natividad; Raymond Hamilton; Mike Mills - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444570B2 ## CPC - H02S 20/30: Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment - F24S 30/20: for linear movement - H02S 10/40: Mobile PV generator systems - H02S 20/00: Supporting structures for PV modules - H02S 40/38: Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules - F24S 2020/11: {in the form of multiple rows and multiple columns, all solar modules being coplanar} - F24S 2025/02: {Ballasting means} - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00) ## Abstract A modular solar skid includes a base including a skid, a panel support structure extending from the skid, at least one solar panel coupled to the panel support structure, and at least one enclosure coupled to the skid. The at least one enclosure is located within a cavity defined between the skid and the panel support structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular solar skid comprising: a base comprising a skid; a panel support structure extending from the skid; and at least one solar panel coupled to the panel support structure, wherein the skid and the panel support structure define a cavity therebetween, the modular solar skid further comprising at least one enclosure coupled to the skid within the cavity, the enclosure comprising a battery enclosure configured to retain a plurality of batteries therein, wherein the battery enclosure comprises: a bottom wall; a first side wall extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the skid and perpendicular to the bottom wall; a second side wall extending parallel to the first side wall and spaced from the first side wall by a first distance; a first end wall removeably coupled to the first and second side walls at a first end of the first and second side walls, the first end wall comprising: a planar wall plate; a pair of attachment flanges extending perpendicularly from the wall plate and configured to be removeably attached to the first and second side walls; and a planar extension configured to be removeably attached to the bottom wall; and a second end wall removeably coupled to the first and second side walls at an opposing second end of the first and second side walls. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The modular solar skid of claim 1, wherein the first distance is at least two times a width of one battery of the plurality of batteries. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The modular solar skid of claim 1, wherein the battery enclosure includes a ventilation system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The modular solar skid of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of collections of batteries, each collection of batteries comprising a sub-skid with a respective subset of the plurality of batteries coupled thereto. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The modular solar skid of claim 1, wherein the at least one enclosure further comprises an electronics enclosure adjacent to the battery enclosure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The modular solar skid of claim 5, wherein the electronics enclosure includes a ventilation system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The modular solar skid of claim 5, wherein the electronics enclosure is configured to retain at least one of a computing device, a processor, a memory, a server, data processing electronics, or a blockchain server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The modular solar skid of claim 5, wherein the electronics enclosure is water-tight. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The modular solar skid of claim 1, wherein the at least one enclosure further comprises a ballast enclosure configured to retain a ballast material therein. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The modular solar skid of claim 1, wherein the at least one enclosure further comprises at least one of an electronics enclosure or a ballast enclosure. ### Claim 11 A cluster of modular solar skids comprising: a plurality of modular solar skids comprising: a first solar skid comprising a base comprising a skid; a panel support structure extending from the skid; and at least one solar panel coupled to the panel support structure, wherein the skid and the panel support structure define a cavity therebetween, the first solar skid comprising at least one enclosure coupled to the skid within the cavity, the enclosure comprising a battery enclosure configured to retain a plurality of batteries therein, and an electronics enclosure, wherein the battery enclosure comprises: a bottom wall; a first side wall extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first solar skid and perpendicular to the bottom wall; a second side wall extending parallel to the first side wall and spaced from the first side wall by a first distance; a first end wall removeably coupled to the first and second side walls at a first end of the first and second side walls, the first end wall comprising: a planar wall plate; a pair of attachment flanges extending perpendicularly from the wall plate and configured to be removeably attached to the first and second side walls; and a planar extension configured to be removeably attached to the bottom wall; and a second end wall removeably coupled to the first and second side walls at an opposing second end of the first and second side walls, wherein the electronics enclosure houses data processing electronics; a plurality of second solar skids in electrical communication with the first solar skid, each of the plurality of second solar skids including a ballast enclosure housing a ballast material therein. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cluster of modular solar skids of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of second solar skids respectively comprises: a base comprising a skid; a panel support structure extending from the skid; and at least one solar panel coupled to the panel support structure, wherein the skid and the panel support structure define a cavity therebetween. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The cluster of modular solar skids of claim 11, wherein the battery enclosure and the electronics enclosure of the first solar skid are water-tight. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The cluster of modular solar skids of claim 11, wherein the first solar skid includes a ventilation system configured to provide ventilation to the battery enclosure and the electronics enclosure. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The cluster of modular solar skids of claim 11, wherein the plurality of modular solar skids comprises 13 modular solar skids. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The cluster of modular solar skids of claim 11, wherein the plurality of batteries include a plurality of collections of batteries, each collection of batteries comprising a sub-skid with a subset of the plurality of batteries coupled thereto. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The cluster of modular solar skids of claim 11, wherein the plurality of modular solar skids are at least one of electronically or communicatively coupled together.