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US 2024/0083699 A1Published application
Systems and methods for installation of solar panel assemblies
AssigneeGridworks Technology, LLC
InventorsJohn M. Davis, David Garrett
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Abstract
A method including loading solar panel assemblies onto a vehicle, transporting the solar panel assemblies on the vehicle to a pile row of a solar project installation site, and individually unloading the solar panel assemblies along the pile row at the installation site to facilitate installation of the solar panel assemblies on the pile row. Other embodiments are described.
Claims83
An apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- and
- stanchion rows configured to hold solar panel assemblies, wherein each one of the stanchion rows is configured to hold a torque tube of a respective solar panel assembly of the solar panel assemblies, and the each one of the stanchion rows comprises respective stanchions.
A method comprising:
- transferring a cassette from a first vehicle to an unload queue of a mobile solar panel assembly facility, wherein the cassette comprises slots configured to hold solar panel assembles, and the slots of the cassette are empty when the cassette is transferred to the unload queue;
- transferring the cassette from the unload queue to a load queue of the mobile solar panel assembly facility;
- while the cassette is in a fill position of the load queue, loading solar panel assemblies from the mobile solar panel assembly facility into the slots of the cassette;
- and
- transferring the cassette with the slots filled with the solar panel assemblies from the load queue to a second vehicle to transfer the mobile solar panel assemblies to an installation site.
2 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle truck bed comprising a first end and a second end;
- a support structure;
- and
- an unloader coupled to the support structure and configured to unload solar panel assemblies from a cassette.
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A method comprising:
- loading solar panel assemblies onto a vehicle;
- transporting the solar panel assemblies on the vehicle to a pile row of a solar project installation site;
- and
- individually unloading the solar panel assemblies along the pile row at the installation site to facilitate installation of the solar panel assemblies on the pile row.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an alignment system;
- and
- a torque tube support structure configured to support a torque tube in a fixed position,
- wherein the alignment system is configured to support and to align solar panels along a torque tube when the torque tube is supported in the fixed position for the solar panels to be affixed to the torque tube to form a solar panel assembly.
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A method comprising:
- positioning solar panels adjacent to a torque tube;
- simultaneously aligning the solar panels;
- and
- affixing the solar panels to the torque tube to form a solar panel assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.