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US 2026/0303002 A1Published application
Apparatus and methods for moving solar modules by reusable tray in naturemount applications
Assignee1st Avenue Nova, LLC
InventorThomas BUTTGENBACH
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a solar panel assembly. The solar panel assembly includes solar panel modules. Each solar panel module includes a solar panel and a frame. Each solar panel module is mechanically coupled to at least one other solar panel module. The apparatus also includes a tray. The tray is sized and configured to removably contact a portion of a perimeter of each solar panel module from at least a subset of the solar panel modules. The tray is configured to limit a flexure of the solar panel assembly when the solar panel assembly is in contact with the tray.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- a solar panel assembly including a plurality of solar panel modules, each solar panel module from the plurality of solar panel modules (1) including a solar panel from a plurality of solar panels and a frame from a plurality of frames, and (2) mechanically coupled to at least one other solar panel module from the plurality of solar panel modules;
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- a tray sized and configured to removably contact a portion of a perimeter of each solar panel module from at least a subset of solar panel modules from the plurality of solar panel modules, the tray configured to limit a flexure of the solar panel assembly when the solar panel assembly is in contact with the tray.
A method, comprising:
- removably attaching, at a first time, a tray to a first array of solar panel modules, thereby defining a first reenforced array of solar panel modules;
- moving the first reenforced array of solar panel modules from an interior of a container to an exterior of the container;
- removing the tray from the first reenforced array of solar panel modules after moving the first reenforced array of solar panel modules;
- removably attaching, at a second time after the first time, the tray to a second solar panel module, thereby defining a second reenforced array of solar panel modules;
- moving the second reenforced array of solar panel modules from the interior of the container to the exterior of the container;
- and
- removing the tray from the second reenforced array of solar panel modules after moving the second reenforced array of solar panel modules.
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