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US 2014/0209144 A1Published application
Photovoltaic device with debris cleaning assembly
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsYU-CHEN TING, CHIH-HANG CHAO
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Abstract
A photovoltaic device includes a solar panel, a debris detecting module, and a cleaning assembly. The debris detecting module detects debris on the solar panel. The cleaning assembly cleans the debris from the solar panel when the debris detecting module detects a weight of the debris on the solar panel.
Claims19
A photovoltaic device comprising:
- a solar panel;
- a debris detecting module to detect a debris on the solar panel;
- and
- a cleaning assembly configured to clean the debris on the solar panel when the debris detecting module detects that the debris on the solar panel.
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A photovoltaic device comprising:
- a solar panel;
- a cleaning assembly comprising:
- two transmission members located on two lateral sides of the solar panel, and
- a wiper fixed to the two transmission members,
- wherein the wiper is configured to clean a debris on the solar panel and is configured to be driven by the two transmission members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.