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US 2025/0330118 A1Published application
Solar panel pillar
OwnerNicholas J. Singerinventor
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Abstract
Pillars and towers with solar panels mounted thereto allow for more solar panels to be located within a 2 dimensional footprint by using the vertical three dimensional space above the 2 dimensional footprint. The pillars and towers may be secured to the ground. Solar panels may attached to the pillars and towards vertically on top of each other and extend out horizontally. The solar panels may be arranged in to different configurations (e.g., zig-zag) to further increase solar harvesting within the two dimensional footprint and three dimensional space. The solar panel pillars may also have a plurality of solar panel columns that surround the pole that they are mounted thereto to increase solar energy harvesting potential.
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A solar panel tower, comprising:
- a frame body extending upwards and having a front side, a back side, a right side, and a left side;
- a plurality of proximal solar panels including a first proximal solar panel having a first proximal solar surface and a second proximal solar panel having a second proximal solar surface, the first proximal solar panel pivotably connected to the front side of the frame body, the second proximal solar panel pivotably connected to the back side of the frame body;
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- a plurality of extending solar panels including a first extending solar panel having a first extending solar surface and a second extending solar panel having a second extending solar surface, the first extending solar panel pivotably connected and extending from the right side of the frame body, the second extending solar panel pivotably connected and extending from the left side of the frame body;
- wherein the first and second proximal solar panels are configured to incline upwards by up to 90-degrees to have the first and second proximal solar surfaces facing sunshine;
- wherein the first and second extending solar panels are configured to rotate by up to 180-degrees to have the first and second extending solar surfaces facing sunshine.
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A solar panel pillar, comprising:
- a first pair of solar panels having a first solar panel and a second solar panel pivotably coupled together at a first lower vertex of the first pair of solar panels;
- the first solar panel having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side that are horizontal and a first lateral side and a second lateral side that incline downward from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side of the first solar panel;
- the second solar panel having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side that are horizontal and a first lateral side and a second lateral side that incline downward from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side of the second solar panel and towards the second longitudinal side of the first solar panel;
- the first lower vertex being defined by the second longitudinal side of the first solar panel being pivotably coupled with the second longitudinal side of the second solar panel, the first lower vertex being between a first angle defined by the first solar panel and the second solar panel inclining downwards towards each other;
- a second pair of solar panels having a third solar panel and a fourth solar panel pivotably coupled together at a second lower vertex of the second pair of solar panels, the third solar panel being pivotably coupled to the second solar panel of the first pair of solar panels to form a first upper vertex;
- the third solar panel having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side that are horizontal and a first lateral side and a second lateral side that incline downward from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side of the third solar panel, the first longitudinal side of the third solar panel being pivotably coupled to the first longitudinal side of the second solar panel of the first pair of solar panels to form the first upper vertex;
- the fourth solar panel having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side that are horizontal and a first lateral side and a second lateral side that incline downward from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side of the fourth solar panel and towards the second longitudinal side of the third solar panel;
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- the second lower vertex being defined by the second longitudinal side of the third solar panel being pivotably coupled with the second longitudinal side of the fourth solar panel, the second lower vertex being between a second angle defined by the third solar panel and the fourth solar panel inclining downwards towards each other;
- wherein the first angle defined by the first solar panel and the second solar panel and the second angle defined by the third solar panel and the fourth solar panel are adjustable to increase and decrease in value.
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A solar panel pillar, comprising:
- a mounting pole vertically attachable to a flat surface;
- a center solar panel column attached to the mounting pole and having a left side and a right side, the center solar panel also having a first plurality of solar panels on top of each other;
- a right-side solar panel column proximate to the right side of the center solar panel column, the right-side solar panel column having a second plurality of solar panels on top of each other and pivoting towards the mounting pole from the right side of the center solar panel column;
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- a left-side solar panel column proximate to the left side of the center solar panel column, the left-side solar panel column having a third plurality of solar panels on top of each other and pivoting towards the mounting pole from the left side of the center solar panel column;
- wherein the center solar panel column, the right-side solar panel column, and the left-side solar panel column from a semi-hexagon shape around the mounting pole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.