Solar panel assembly and solar power system including same
AssigneeSun Rise E & T Corporation
InventorChi-Hsu TUNG
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Abstract
A solar panel assembly includes a base having tubular bodies, a support unit including support frames connected between the tubular bodies and supporting rods extending upwardly from the supporting frames, a solar power panel disposed on the supporting rods, and a reflector plate disposed between the base and the solar panel to reflect light rays to a bottom surface of the solar panel. A solar power system includes a plurality of the aforesaid solar panel assemblies and multiple connectors.
Claims17
A solar panel assembly, including:
- a base including a plurality of tubular bodies extending along a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction transverse to the first direction, said tubular bodies being configured to float on a water body;
- a support unit disposed on said base, and including a plurality of supporting frames connected between said tubular bodies and a plurality of supporting rods extending upwardly from said supporting frames;
- at least one solar power panel obliquely disposed on said supporting rods, said at least one solar power panel having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to said top surface, said top and bottom surface being configured to convert light energy into electrical energy;
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- at least one reflector plate disposed between said base and said at least one solar panel to reflect light rays to said bottom surface.
A solar power system, including a plurality of solar panel assemblies, each of said solar panel assemblies including
- a base including a plurality of tubular bodies extending along a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction transverse to the first direction, said tubular bodies being configured to float on a water body;
- a support unit disposed on said base;
- at least one solar power panel disposed on said support unit, said at least one solar power panel having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to said top surface, said top and bottom surface being configured to convert light energy into electrical energy;
- at least one reflector plate disposed between said base and said at least one solar panel;
- a plurality of connectors each of which is attached to an end of one of said tubular bodies;
- wherein each of said connectors of one of said solar panel assemblies is joined to an adjacent one of said connectors of another one of said solar panel assemblies such that said bases of said solar panel assemblies are juxtaposed with each other along the first direction;
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- wherein said bases of said solar panel assemblies are connected to each other in a spaced apart manner along the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.