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US 12,410,015 B2Granted
Solar module carriers and related systems
AssigneeFluke Corporation
InventorsMark Spurgeon McCall, Willard MacDonald, Kunio Hasebe, Roger L. Jungerman
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to carrier device, and related systems. A device may include a handle and at least one attachment device coupled to the handle. The at least one attachment device may be configured to couple to a solar module, wherein each attachment device includes at least one of a channel for receiving a portion of a frame of the solar module.
Claims19
A solar module carrier device, comprising:
- a handle;
- an attachment device coupled to the handle and configured to couple to a solar module, wherein the attachment device includes a channel configured for receiving a frame of the solar module, wherein a depth of the channel is greater than a width of the channel;
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- an anti-slip device comprising a threaded rod positioned and fixed on an upward-facing edge of the channel and having a rod axis that is parallel to a downward-facing surface of the solar module, the anti-slip device being configured to contact a downward-facing edge of the frame and create an interference laterally along the downward-facing edge to prevent the downward-facing edge from sliding in the channel, the anti-slip device comprising a first metallic material that is stronger than a second material of the frame for deforming at least a portion of the downward-facing edge of the frame.
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A solar module lifting device, comprising:
- a handle;
- at least one attachment device coupled to the handle and configured to couple to a solar module, the at least one attachment device including:
- a vertical channel including an open end for receiving at least a portion of the solar module and a closed end at a bottom of the vertical channel, the closed end opposite the open end;
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- an anti-slip device comprising a threaded rod positioned at the bottom of the vertical channel and having a rod axis that is parallel to a downward-facing surface of the solar module, the anti-slip device configured to engage the solar module under the weight of the solar module and penetrate the downward-facing surface of the solar module to limit movement of the at least a portion of the solar module positioned in the vertical channel in at least one of a first horizontal direction and a second, opposite horizontal direction.
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A solar module carrier device, comprising:
- an attachment interface;
- at least one attachment device coupled to the attachment interface and configured to couple to a solar module, wherein the at least one attachment device includes a vertical channel extending from an opening of the vertical channel away from the attachment interface in a first vertical direction and configured for receiving a portion of a frame of the solar module;
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- an anti-slip device comprising a threaded rod positioned within the vertical channel in a fixed position relative to the vertical channel and having a rod axis that is parallel to a downward-facing surface of the solar module, the anti-slip device configured to contact and create friction with a downward-facing edge of the portion of the frame of the solar module;
- wherein the attachment interface and the at least one attachment device are configured such that a lifting force applied to the attachment interface while the solar module is being carried is in a second vertical direction opposite the first vertical direction and perpendicular to a horizontal direction.
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A solar module lift system, comprising:
- a solar module lifting device including:
- a handle;
- at least one attachment device coupled to the handle and configured to couple to a solar module, wherein the at least one attachment device includes a channel for receiving a portion of a frame of the solar module;
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- an anti-slip device located at a bottom of the channel and configured to penetrate at least a portion of an edge of the frame of the solar module;
- a pulley;
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- a rope coupled to the pulley and including one end coupled to the solar module lifting device, wherein the rope includes a first section extending from the pulley toward the ground and a second section extending from the pulley to the solar module lifting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.