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US 11,539,325 B2Granted
Variable terrain solar tracker
AssigneeNevados Engineering, Inc.
InventorsYezin Taha, Kyam Krieger, Jared Niemiec
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Abstract
Solar trackers that may be advantageously employed on sloped and/or variable terrain to rotate solar panels to track motion of the sun across the sky include bearing assemblies configured to address mechanical challenges posed by the sloped and/or variable terrain that might otherwise prevent or complicate use of solar trackers on such terrain.
Claims20
A solar tracker comprising:
- a first solar panel support configured to support a first solar panel assembly;
- a first support post;
- and
- a first bearing assembly attached to the first support post and supporting a first end of the first solar panel support, the first bearing assembly enabling rotation of the first solar panel support around a first rotation axis;
- wherein the first bearing assembly comprises an axial load bearing surface disposed directly above the first support post and arranged to support an axial load from the first solar panel support directed along the first rotation axis and transfer the axial load through the first bearing assembly to the first support post;
- and
- wherein the first bearing assembly comprises a slip joint attaching the first solar panel support to the first bearing assembly and accommodating relative motion between the first solar panel support and the first bearing assembly.
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