Row-end cantilevered beam module support
AssigneeNevados Engineering, Inc.
InventorsYezin TAHA, Amitoj GILL
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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 foundation;
- and
- a cantilevered beam support mounted on the foundation, the cantilevered beam support comprising:
- a bearing assembly mounted on the foundation;
- a cantilevered solar module mounting structure having a first end attached to the bearing assembly and an opposite end that is unsupported;
- a solar module mounted on the cantilevered solar module mounting structure.
The tracker of claim 19, wherein the second solar module mounting structure is configured to mount eight or more solar modules and the solar module mounting structure is configured to mount only one of the solar module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.