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US 2026/0200679 A1Published application
Solar module carriers and related systems
AssigneeFluke Corporation
InventorsMark Spurgeon McCall, Willard MacDonald, Kunio Hasebe, Roger L. Jungerman
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to carrier device, and related systems. A device may include a handle and at least one attachment device coupled to the handle. The at least one attachment device may be configured to couple to a solar module, wherein each attachment device includes at least one of a channel for receiving a portion of a frame of the solar module.
Claims19
A solar module carrier device, comprising:
- a handle;
- at least one attachment device coupled to the handle and configured to couple to a solar module, wherein each attachment device includes a channel extending from an opening of the channel away from the handle in a first direction and configured for receiving a portion of a frame of the solar module, the portion of the frame having a maximum thickness of 2.5 millimeters, a major axis surface of the solar module positioned external to and horizontally displaced from the channel and extending in the first direction beyond the at least one attachment device upon the portion of the frame being positioned in the channel;
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- an anti-slip device positioned within the channel and in a fixed position relative to the channel, the anti-slip device configured to contact the portion of the frame of the solar module;
- wherein the handle and the at least one attachment device are configured such that a lifting force applied to the handle while the solar module is being carried is in a second direction opposite the first direction.
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A solar module lifting device, comprising:
- a handle;
- at least one attachment device coupled to the handle and configured to couple to a solar module, the at least one attachment device including:
- a vertical channel including an open end for receiving at least a portion of the solar module and a closed end at a bottom of the vertical channel, the closed end opposite the open end;
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- an anti-slip device positioned at the bottom of the vertical channel, the anti-slip device configured to engage the solar module under the weight of the solar module and penetrate a first portion of the solar module to limit movement of the at least a portion of the solar module positioned in the vertical channel in at least one of a first horizontal direction and a second, opposite horizontal direction.
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A solar module lift system, comprising:
- a solar module lifting device including:
- a handle having a width of at least substantially 34 centimeters;
- at least one attachment device coupled to the handle and configured to couple to a solar module, wherein the at least one attachment device includes a channel for receiving a portion of a frame of the solar module, wherein the portion of the module frame has a width that is less than substantially 2.5 millimeters, and
- wherein a nose portion of the attachment device has a width that is less than substantially 22 millimeters;
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- an anti-slip device located adjacent a bottom of the channel and configured to penetrate at least a portion of an edge of the frame of the solar module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.