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US 12,459,608 B2Granted
Controlled floating solar module
AssigneeXfloat Ltd.
InventorsAvi Alcalay, Ran Alcalay
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Abstract
A buoyant module comprising a base configured for being buoyantly supported within a body of water, wherein said base defines a space which is in fluid communication with said body of water; a fluid-holding container sized and fitted for being received within said space and for moving in a vertical dimension relative to said base; and wherein a vertical position of said container relative to said base is determined, at least in part, by a fluid level in said container.
Claims19
A buoyant module comprising:
- at least one base configured for being buoyantly supported within a body of water;
- at least one fluid-holding container sized and fitted for being connected with said at least one base for movement in a vertical dimension relative to said at least one base
- wherein a vertical position of said at least one fluid-holding container relative to said base is determined, at least in part, by a fluid level in said at least one fluid-holding container;
- and
- at least one mount coupled to said at least one base in a sealing engagement against the entrance of egress of liquids into the interior of said at least one base and configured for pivotably mounting at least one solar panel thereon,
- wherein said solar panel is tiltable about a pivot point relative to said mount, and wherein said mount comprises at least one opening sized and shaped to fit said at least one container and enable said movement in said vertical dimension.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of buoyant modules comprising each:
- at least one base configured for being buoyantly supported within a body of water, and
- at least one fluid-holding container sized and fitted for being connected with said at least one base, adapted for movement in the vertical dimension relative to said at least one base, wherein a vertical position of said at least one fluid-holding container relative to said at least one base is based, at least in part, on a fluid level in said at least one fluid-holding container;
- at least one mount coupled to said at least one base in a sealing engagement against the egress of liquids into the interior of said at least one base and configured for pivotably mounting at least one solar panel thereon;
- and
- the at least one solar panel,
- wherein said solar panel is tiltable about a pivot point relative to said mount, and wherein said mount comprises at least one opening sized and shaped to fit said at least one container and enable said movement in said vertical dimension;
- a framework comprising frame members configured for rigidly interconnecting at least two of said basis at to least one module from the plurality of buoyant modules in a specified arrangement;
- and
- a control unit in fluid communication with each of said at least one fluid-holding container, wherein the control unit is configured for selectively adjusting a fluid level within said at least one fluid-holding container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.