Piling support arrangement
AssigneeSpinex Systems, Inc.
InventorsKym Anthony Plotkin, Alexander W. Au
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Abstract
A support for use with a solar tracker includes two screw piles or blade piles (41, 42) inserted into the ground at an angle to vertical, wherein top portions of the two screw piles or blade piles (41, 42) are positioned close to each other, and a connector (46) connecting the top portions of the two screw piles or blade piles to each other, the connector carrying or forming a solar tracker support.
Claims23
A support for use with a solar tracker, the support including two screw piles or blade piles inserted into the ground at an angle to vertical, wherein top portions of the two screw piles or blade piles are positioned close to each other, and a connector connecting the top portions of the two screw piles or blade piles to each other, the connector carrying or forming a solar tracker support, the connector including a loop of material having a bearing to support a solar tracker, the loop including an inner surface and an outer surface, the connector including a first leg extending from the outer surface of the loop and a second leg extending from the outer surface of the loop,
- wherein a first pile is screwed into the ground at a first angle to vertical and a second pile is screwed into the ground at a second angle to vertical, with the first pile and the second pile angling inwardly towards a longitudinal axis of the solar tracker,
- wherein the first leg configured to be received within an upper portion of the first pile and the second leg configured to be received within an upper portion of the second pile,
- wherein the upper portion of the first pile and the upper portion of the second pile are configured to abut the outer surface of the loop.
A connector connecting the top portions of a first pile and a second pile to each other, the first and second piles being inserted into the ground at an angle to each other, the connector carrying or forming a solar tracker support, the connector comprising a first leg extending at an angle to vertical, the first leg being received within a top portion of the first pile, and a second leg extending at an angle to vertical, the second leg being received within a top portion of the second pile, the connector including a loop of material having a bearing to support a solar tracker, the loop including an inner surface and an outer surface, the first leg extending from the outer surface of the loop and the second leg extending from the outer surface of the loop,
- wherein the top portion of the first pile and the top portion of the second pile are configured to abut the outer surface of the loop.
A connector for connecting the top portions of a first pile and a second pile to each other, the first and second piles being inserted into the ground at an angle to each other, the connector carrying or forming a solar tracker support, the connector comprising a solar tracker support, a base portion connected to or formed with the solar tracker support, and two opposed ears or plates extending downwardly from the base portion, a first ear or plate for locating to one side of a top portion of the first and second piles, and a second ear or plate for locating to another side of a top portion of the first and second piles, wherein a continuous channel is formed between the two opposed ears or plates, wherein the top portion of the first and second piles are both received within the continuous channel.
A connector for connecting the top portions of a first pile and a second pile to each other, the first and second piles being inserted into the ground at an angle to each other, a base portion of the connector carrying or forming a solar tracker support, the connector comprising a solar tracker support, a first sleeve extending downwardly at an angle, a second sleeve extending downwardly at an angle, the first sleeve extending over a top portion of the first pile, the second sleeve extending over a top portion of the second pile, the connector including a first gusset extending between the base portion and the first sleeve and a second gusset extending between the base portion and the second sleeve, the first and second gusset positioned laterally outward of the first sleeve and the second sleeve, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.