# US 11,999,284 B2 · Solar table mobile transport > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,999,284 B2 - Document ID: US11999284B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/464,178 - Filed: 2021-09-01 - Published: 2023-03-02 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-01 - Assignees: Terabase Energy, Inc. - Applicants: Terabase Energy, Inc. - Inventors: Matthew Campbell; Brian Coleman; Tianya Zhao; Adam Hansel; Soren Jensen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11999284B2 ## CPC - B60P 3/00: Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects (ambulances or other vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00; hearses A61G21/00; fire-fighting land vehicles A62C27/00; refuse-collecting vehicles B65F3/00, B65F7/00; snow-removing vehicles E01H; armoured or armed vehicles F41H7/00; self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles F41H11/16) - F24S 25/10: extending in directions away from a supporting surface - B60P 3/002: {for carrying glass plates} - F24S 25/30: using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially along the supporting surface, e.g. for covering buildings with solar heat collectors (extending in directions away from the supporting surface F24S25/10; peripheral frames for modules F24S25/20) - F24S 25/65: for coupling adjacent supporting elements, e.g. for connecting profiles together - H02S 10/00: PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power - H02S 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass - F24S 30/425: Horizontal axis - F24S 2025/014: {Methods for installing support elements} - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00) - 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) ## Abstract A solar table mobile transport is described that moves a solar table to a point of installation. The solar table mobile transport comprises multiple motors that allow movement within a three-dimensional coordinate system as well as provide angular controls of pitch, yaw and roll. These motors enable at least one alignment process used to install the solar table to a mounting structure within a solar system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A solar table mobile transport (hereinafter, “mobile transport”) for moving a solar table, the mobile transport comprising: a transport component having a vehicular segment and a driving system, the transport component being operable to move the solar table from a first location to a point of installation under control of the driving system; an attachment component coupled to the transport component, the attachment component comprising at least one attaching element that securely attaches to the solar table and a plurality of motors that support at least one alignment process implemented during an installation of the solar table to at least one mounting structure; and wherein the at least one attaching element comprises a plurality of end effectors that couple to at least one of a torque tube, a purlin and/or a beam within the solar table. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 wherein the driving system comprises a steering mechanism that allows personnel to drive the mobile transport to the point of installation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 wherein the driving system comprises a remote-controlled steering mechanism through which personnel remotely drive the mobile transport to the point of installation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 wherein the driving system comprises automated controls that provides automated steering to drive the mobile transport to the point of installation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mobile transport of claim 4 wherein the automated controls comprises location detection and a virtual map of a solar system construction site, the location detection identifies a location of the mobile transport within the virtual map and identifies a path to the point of installation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 further comprising: a first motor coupled within a front portion of the attachment component, the first motor providing first vertical movement of a front portion of the solar table; a second motor coupled within a back portion of the attachment component, the second motor providing a second vertical movement of a back portion of the solar table; and wherein a combination of the first and second vertical movements create a pitch angle of the solar table. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile transport of claim 6 wherein the first motor uses a first actuator to vertically move the from portion of the solar table and the second motor uses a second actuator to vertically move the back portion of the solar table. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 further comprising: a first motor coupled within a front portion of the attachment component, the first motor providing first horizontal movement of a front portion of the solar table; a second motor coupled within a back portion of the attachment component, the second motor providing a second horizontal movement of a back portion of the solar table; and wherein a combination of the first and second vertical movements create a yaw angle of the solar table. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile transport of claim 8 wherein the first motor uses a first set of tracks to move the front portion of the solar table and the second motor uses a second set of tracks to move the back portion of the solar table. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 further comprising a rotational motor that rotates a solar table around an axis. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile transport of claim 10 wherein the axis is parallel to the torque tube. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The mobile transport of claim 10 wherein the rotation motor aligns a first plurality of drill holes within a swaged end of a torque tube to a second plurality of drill holes in a mounting structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The mobile transport of claim 12 wherein the mounting structure is a pile. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 wherein the at least one alignment process is at least partially automated using a plurality of sensors. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The mobile transport of claim 14 wherein the plurality of sensors comprises at least one of a Lidar sensor, a camera sensor and/or radar sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The mobile transport of claim 1 further comprising a verification element that verifies the installation is complete. ### Claim 17 A solar table mobile transport (hereinafter, “mobile transport”) for moving a solar table, the mobile transport comprising: a transport component having a movement system and a driving system, the transport component being operable to move the solar table from a first location to a point of installation under control of the driving system; and an attachment component coupled to the transport component, the attachment component comprising at least one attaching element that securely attaches to the solar table and a plurality of motors comprising: a first motor coupled within a front portion of the attachment component, the first motor providing first vertical movement of a front portion of the solar table; a second motor coupled within a back portion of the attachment component, the second motor providing a second vertical movement of a back portion of the solar table; a third motor coupled within the front portion of the attachment component, the third motor providing first horizontal movement of the front portion of the solar table; a fourth motor coupled within the back portion of the attachment component, the fourth motor providing a second horizontal movement of the back portion of the solar table; and a fifth motor coupled within the attachment component, the fifth motor rotates the solar table around an axis point. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The mobile transport of claim 17 wherein at least one of the first, second, third, fourth and/or fifth motors is autonomously controlled.