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US 9,520,825 B2Granted
Portable solar panel tracking device
OwnerLob Cheunginventor
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Abstract
A portable self-contained solar energy generation platform for tracking a source of solar energy and automatically maintaining optimum solar collection panel positioning for maximum energy output during operation. The solar tracking platform comprises a folding solar panel support stand on a power turntable with a solar tracker control actuation device in communication therewith.
Claims6
A portable self-contained solar panel array comprising in combination,
- a powered turntable having a ground engaging base and an oppositely disposed rotatable surface,
- a base support frame secured to said rotatable surface of said powered turntable,
- an electric motor on said rotatable surface interconnected to said base support frame,
- a solar panel support frame hinge to said support frame,
- a retainment frame hinged to said support frame in oppositely disposed relation to said solar panel support frame for selective engagement with said solar panel support frame,
- said solar panel support frame and said retainment frame movable from a first folded flat position to a second upright engagement position with one another,
- said solar support frame and said retainment frame are rectangular tubular construction of equal transverse dimension and unequal longitudinal length,
- a hinged photovoltaic panel array including multiple solar cells removably secured to said solar panel main support frame,
- an electronic solar tracker controller in electrical communication with said motor and said photovoltaic panel array.
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