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US 2022/0069762 A1Published application
Portable solar power system
AssigneeBlue Planet Research, LLC
InventorHenk B. Rogers
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Abstract
A portable solar power system comprises plural solar panel subarrays suspended by u-shaped connected rods about a container housing a battery bank and other electronics. The system can be rapidly deployed and broken down, and provides a large expanse of substantially continuous light sensitive area in a small space.
Claims10
A portable solar power kit comprising:
- a container for storing solar panels, support rods and a battery bank,
- the support rods comprising horizontal support rods and more or less vertical support rods, the horizontal and more or less vertical support rods mating to provide u-shaped support structures for the solar panels,
- wherein the solar panels are mechanically interconnected together at their respective edges.
A method of deploying a solar panel array comprising:
- assembling a support structure comprising lightweight tubing;
- interlocking plural solar panels together using interlocking mechanisms on respective edges panel to provide a substantially continuous expanse of light sensitive surface across the plural solar panels;
- and
- supporting the interlocked plural panels with/on the lightweight tubing support structure.
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A solar panel array comprising:
- a support structure comprising lightweight tubing;
- plural solar panels interlocked together using interlocking mechanisms on respective edges panel to provide a substantially continuous expanse of light sensitive surface across the plural solar panels;
- and
- wherein the interlocked plural panels are supported with/on the lightweight tubing support structure
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.