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US 11,451,190 B2Granted
Device for photovoltaic installation
AssigneeIworks AG
InventorArthur Büchel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a solar power installation which is characterized in that the supports of the solar modules are stacked one above the other when in the “off” state and are extended by means of a transfer and lifting mechanism when in operating mode. The installation is also equipped with a controller which allows the installation to put the system into the safe off state in adverse conditions. The system is also advantageously suitable for stored energy sources and fueling electric vehicles.
Claims27
A photovoltaic installation, comprising:
- a plurality of movable photovoltaic module supports;
- a structure for mounting the plurality of photovoltaic module supports in a protection state;
- a supporting structure for the plurality of photovoltaic module supports in an extended operating state, the plurality of photovoltaic module supports:
- equipped at least on a top thereof with one or more photovoltaic modules that contain solar cells;
- stacked one above the other on the structure in the protection state;
- and
- spread out in a planar manner on the supporting structure in the extended operating state;
- a transfer mechanism configured to displace each of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports from the protection state laterally away from a stack of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports to the supporting structure, and vice versa, and configured to spread out the plurality of photovoltaic module supports during displacement of individual module supports away from the stack to the supporting structure;
- a lifting mechanism configured to:
- lift and to lower the stack of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports, and bring one of the plurality of module supports to be transferred in the stack in a transfer plane necessary for the displacement, so that the one of the plurality of module supports can be moved in the extended operating state by the transfer mechanism;
- a plurality of couplings attached to the module supports and configured to form a coupling between one of the plurality of module support already extended and the module support to be transferred next on the stack, whereby by a lifting movement of the lifting mechanism, a coupling is formed between the module support already extended and the module support to be transferred next on the stack, the module supports in the extended state being coupled mechanically to each other,
- whereby the module supports can be coupled to each other mechanically via one of the plurality of couplings in such a way that the module supports already extended are laterally displaced by displacing an individual module support with the transfer mechanism together with the respective one of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports;
- and
- a controller for controlling the transfer mechanism and the lifting mechanism and for controlling a process flow sequence for extending and retracting the plurality of photovoltaic module supports with the transfer mechanism and the lifting mechanism.
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An electric vehicle charging station, comprising:
- a photovoltaic installation, comprising:
- a plurality of movable photovoltaic module supports;
- a structure for mounting the plurality of photovoltaic module supports in a protection state;
- a supporting structure for the plurality of photovoltaic module supports in an extended operating state, the plurality of photovoltaic module supports:
- equipped at least on a top thereof with one or more photovoltaic modules that contain solar cells;
- stacked one above the other on the structure in the protection state;
- and
- spread out in a planar manner on the supporting structure in the extended operating state;
- a transfer mechanism configured to displace each of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports from the protection state laterally away from a stack of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports to the supporting structure, and vice versa, and configured to spread out the plurality of photovoltaic module supports during displacement of individual module supports away from the stack to the supporting structure;
- a lifting mechanism configured to:
- lift and to lower the stack of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports, and bring one of the plurality of module supports to be transferred in the stack in a transfer plane necessary for the displacement, so that the one of the plurality of module supports can be moved in the extended operating state by the transfer mechanism;
- a plurality of couplings attached to the module supports and configured to form a coupling between one of the plurality of module support already extended and the module support to be transferred next on the stack, whereby by a lifting movement of the lifting mechanism, a coupling is formed between the module support already extended and the module support to be transferred next on the stack, the module supports in the extended state being coupled mechanically to each other,
- whereby the module supports can be coupled to each other mechanically via one of the plurality of couplings in such a way that the module supports already extended are laterally displaced by displacing an individual module support with the transfer mechanism together with the respective one of the plurality of photovoltaic module supports;
- a controller for controlling the transfer mechanism and the lifting mechanism and for controlling a process flow sequence for extending and retracting the plurality of photovoltaic module supports with the transfer mechanism and the lifting mechanism;
- and
- an overhead unit on the structure, the overhead unit comprising elements of a charging station for the fueling of electric vehicles with AC or DC power.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.