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US 2025/0055406 A1Published application
Truss adapters and truss bearing adapters for terrain following single-axis trackers
OwnerGreg McPheetersinventor
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Abstract
A combined truss adapter and bearing assembly for a tracker. The truss adapter has a pair of connecting portions and a bridge portion. The bridge portion has two pairs of opposing channels. The assembly has adapter plates on opposing surfaces of the bridge portion. Bolts extend through the adapter plates, in the channels, and to the bearing assembly to secure the bearing assembly to the bridge portion and to enable the bearing assembly to pivot with respect to the bridge portion.
Claims12
An assembly for a truss foundation comprising:
- a truss adapter having a pair of connecting portions and a bridge portion, the bridge portion having two pairs of opposing channels formed in the bridge portion;
- a bearing assembly forming a bearing and having a bushing rotatably supported therein;
- adapter plates on opposing surfaces of the bridge portion;
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- bolts extending through the adapter plates, in the two pairs of opposing channels, and to the bearing assembly to secure the bearing assembly to the bridge portion and to enable the bearing assembly to pivot with respect to the bridge portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.