Rapid clamping systems for solar trackers
AssigneeNextracker LLC
InventorsJitendra Morankar, Abhimanyu Sable, Raghavendra Praveen Maddulapalli
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Abstract
A coupling system for use with a solar tracker includes a support rail defining a channel for receipt of a solar module therein, the support rail including an aperture defined therein that is in open communication with the channel and a clamp assembly selectively coupled to the support rail, a first portion of the clamp assembly configured to receive a portion of a torque tube therein and a second portion of the clamp assembly configured to selectively extend through the aperture of the support rail when the clamp assembly is transitioned from a first, unlocked position, to a second, locked position.
Claims13
A coupling system for use with a solar tracker, comprising:
- a support rail, the support rail defining a channel for receipt of a solar module therein, the support rail including an aperture defined therein that is in open communication with the channel;
- and
- a clamp assembly selectively coupled to the support rail, a first portion of the clamp assembly configured to receive a portion of a torque tube therein, a second portion of the clamp assembly configured to selectively extend through the aperture of the support rail when the clamp assembly is transitioned from a first, unlocked position, to a second, locked position,
- wherein when the clamp assembly is in the second, locked position, the second portion of the clamp assembly is configured to extend through the aperture of the support rail and abut a portion of the solar module disposed within the channel to selectively secure the solar module within the channel.
A coupling system for use with a solar tracker, comprising:
- a support rail, the support rail defining a channel for receipt of a solar module therein, the support rail including an aperture defined therein that is in open communication with the channel;
- and
- a clamp selectively coupled to the support rail, the clamp including a pair of legs disposed in spaced relation to one another and configured to receive a portion of a torque tube therebetween, a portion of the pair of legs configured to selectively extend through the aperture of the support rail when the clamp is transitioned from a first, unlocked position, to a second, locked position,
- wherein when the pair of legs is placed in the second, locked position, the portion of the pair of legs is configured to extend through the aperture of the support rail and abut a portion of a solar module disposed within the channel to selectively secure the solar module within the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.