Bearing assembly for tracker assembly and methods of making and using the same
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics Pampus GmbH
InventorLukas PLIOSKA
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Abstract
A power generation structure bearing assembly including a housing adapted to support a rail, where the housing includes a first housing member operatively attached to a support beam having a central axis, and an second housing member operatively attached to the rail, where the housing allows for movement of the rail in three degrees of freedom relative to the central axis with a mechanical stop on movement in at least one degree of freedom.
Claims20
A power generation structure bearing assembly comprising:
- a housing adapted to support a rail, wherein the housing comprises a first housing member operatively attached to a support beam having a central axis, and a second housing member operatively attached to the rail, wherein the housing allows for movement of the rail in three degrees of freedom relative to the central axis with a mechanical stop on movement in at least one degree of freedom.
A power generation structure bearing assembly comprising:
- a housing adapted to support the rail, the housing comprising:
- a first housing member operatively attached to a support beam having a central axis, and a second housing member;
- wherein the second housing member comprises a core operatively attached rail and a second housing member component, wherein a low friction material is present at an interface between an exterior surface of core and an interior surface of the second housing member component, wherein the housing allows for movement of the rail in three degrees of freedom relative to the central axis with a mechanical stop on movement in at least one degree of freedom.
A tracker assembly of a power generation structure comprising:
- a support beam having a central axis;
- a rail;
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- a bearing assembly operatively attached to the support beam and the rail, the bearing assembly comprising:
- a first housing member operatively attached to the support beam, and a second housing member;
- wherein the second housing member comprises a core operatively attached rail and a second housing member component, wherein a low friction material is present at an interface between an exterior surface of core and an interior surface of the second housing member component, wherein the housing allows for movement of the rail in three degrees of freedom relative to the central axis with a mechanical stop on movement in at least one degree of freedom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.