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US 2022/0187409 A1Published application
Mechanical stop assembly
AssigneeNevados Engineering, Inc.
InventorsYezin TAHA, Amitoj GILL, Laura SVERCHEK
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Abstract
Solar trackers that may be advantageously employed on sloped and/or variable terrain to rotate solar panels to track motion of the sun across the sky include bearing assemblies and other mechanical features configured to address mechanical challenges posed by the sloped and/or variable terrain that might otherwise prevent or complicate use of solar trackers on such terrain.
Claims20
A tracker comprising:
- a bearing assembly configured for clockwise rotation around a first axis and counterclockwise rotation around the first axis;
- an impact surface structure coupled to the bearing assembly and comprising an impact surface;
- an impact bracket assembly coupled to the bearing assembly and configured to contact the impact surface of the impact surface structure to stop at least one of the clockwise rotation of the bearing assembly around the first axis at a first maximum angle of rotation and the counterclockwise rotation of the bearing assembly around the first axis at a second maximum angle of rotation;
- a solar module mounting structure coupled to the bearing assembly and configured to rotate with the bearing assembly around the first axis;
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- a solar module attached to the solar module mounting structure.
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An impact bracket assembly comprising:
- a bearing assembly configured to be coupled to an impact surface structure and configured for clockwise rotation around a first axis and counterclockwise rotation around the first axis;
- two plates extending parallel to each other in a first direction and comprising an attachment end and an opposite end to the attachment end, the two plates attached at the attachment end to the bearing assembly;
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- an impact bar extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to connect and be between and the opposite ends of the two plates, the impact bar configured to contact the impact surface structure to stop at least one of the clockwise rotation of the bearing assembly around the first axis at a first maximum angle of rotation and the counterclockwise rotation of the bearing assembly around the first axis at a second maximum angle of rotation.
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