Solar panel protective container apparatus and system
AssigneeOverturf Industrial Development, LLC
InventorsMichael Charles Overturf, Scott Stanley Stephenson
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Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a large surface area solar energy generation apparatus and method that protects the solar system from meteorological or any other ambient threat and restores the solar system to operating condition once the threat has passed. The system is sufficiently large to cover parking lots and other large ground surface structures and offers double the conventional solar exposure surface area per supporting post. The apparatus generates more electricity with single axis and dual axis tracking. The apparatus is pre-assembled in a central production facility to avoid costly onsite construction and installed at the utilization site with minimal effort.
Claims10
A solar array suspension apparatus, comprising:
- a freestanding first structure configured to be deployed from a container;
- a freestanding second structure configured to be deployed from said container;
- wherein said first structure and said second structure have variable heights;
- a solar array configured to be deployed between said first structure and said second structure;
- at least one suspension cable, said at least one suspension cable fully supporting a weight of said solar array when said solar array is deployed and extended between said first structure and said second structure;
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- wherein said solar array is configured to be moved via said first structure and said second structure.
A solar array suspension apparatus, comprising:
- a freestanding first structure configured to be deployed from a container;
- a freestanding second structure configured to be deployed from said container;
- wherein said first structure and said second structure have variable heights;
- a solar array configured to be deployed between said first structure and said second structure;
- at least one suspension cable, said at least one suspension cable fully supporting a weight of said solar array when said solar array is deployed and extended between said first structure and said second structure;
- wherein said solar array is configured to be moved via said first structure and said second structure;
- a suspension cable drive motor system, said suspension cable drive motor system disposed in communication with said at least one suspension cable;
- wherein said suspension cable drive motor system facilitates the extension and retraction of the solar array along the at least one suspension cable;
- wherein said at least one suspension cable fully supports said solar array during extension and retraction;
- a rotating suspension shaft, said rotating suspension shaft disposed in communication with said container;
- sensors, said sensors disposed in communication with said rotating suspension shaft;
- wherein said sensors are configured to detect a position of said rotation suspension shaft to verify a position of said solar array, generating positioning data;
- said sensors relaying the positioning data to container controls of the rotating suspension shaft;
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- the rotating suspension shaft rotating to tilt an entirety of the solar array such that the entirety of the solar array faces the sun as informed by the known sun position tables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.