Floating support device for a photovoltaic panel
AssigneeCiel Et Terre International
InventorAlexis Gaveau
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Abstract
A floating support device (1) for a photovoltaic panel, includes: a structure (2) including coupling elements (3) for coupling to other floating devices in such a way as to allow a network (R) of floating devices to be formed; one or a plurality of floats (4), intended to ensure that the device does float, which are rigidly connected to the structure (2); and elements for holding at least one photovoltaic panel (P), and in which the structure is an element separate from the float(s) so as to allow forces to be transmitted between the floating devices of the network without transmitting the forces from the network to the float(s).
Claims48
A floating support device (1) for a photovoltaic panel (P), comprising:
- a structure (2) comprising coupling elements (3) for coupling to other floating support devices in such a way as to allow a network (R) of floating support devices to be formed,
- one or a plurality of floats (4), intended to ensure that the floating support device does float, which are rigidly connected to said structure (2),
- elements for holding at least one photovoltaic panel (P),
- wherein said structure (2) is an element separate from said float or floats (4) so as to allow forces to be transmitted between the floating devices (1, 7) of the network (R), without transmitting the forces from the network (R) to said float or floats (4), and
- wherein said float or each one of said floats (4) comprises a semi-open body (40) as a frustrum pyramid or as a truncated cone, sealed, and rigidly connected to the structure (2) in such a way as to form a pocket opened downwards, trapping a volume of air.
Equipment comprising:
- a plurality of modular floating support devices (1) for a photovoltaic panel(P), able to be assembled in order to form a network (R) of floating support devices, each of said modular floating support devices (1) comprising:
- a structure (2) comprising coupling elements (3) for coupling to other floating support devices in such a way as to allow a network (R) of floating support devices to be formed,
- one or a plurality of floats (4), intended to ensure that the floating support device does float, which are rigidly connected to said structure (2),
- elements for holding at least one photovoltaic panel (P), and
- wherein said structure (2) is an element separate from said float or floats (4) so as to allow forces to be transmitted between the floating devices (1, 7) of the network (R), without transmitting the forces from the network (R) to said float or floats (4);
- modular floating connection elements (7;
- 7′);
- and
- coupling elements (3) distributed between said modular floating connection elements (7;
- 7′) and said floating support devices (1) allowing for the assembly between them of said modular floating connection elements (7;
- 7′) and of said floating support devices (1).
A system resulting from the assembly of floating support devices of an equipment for the carrying out of a photovoltaic installation, said equipment comprising a plurality of modular floating support devices (1) for a panel able to be assembled in order to form a network of floating support devices, directly by the intermediary of their coupling elements, or indirectly by the intermediary of inserted connection elements (7) obtaining a network of floating support devices, each of said modular floating support devices (1) comprising:
- a structure (2) comprising coupling elements (3) for coupling to other floating support devices in such a way as to allow a network (R) of floating support devices to be formed,
- one or a plurality of floats (4), intended to ensure that the floating support device does float, which are rigidly connected to said structure (2), and
- elements for holding at least one photovoltaic panel (P), and in which said structure (2) is an element separate from said float or floats (4) so as to allow forces to be transmitted between the floating support devices (1) of the network (R), without transmitting the forces from the network to said float or floats (4), and
- wherein the system has at least two rows (R1, R2) of floating support devices, said two rows being maintained by means of a row (R3) of said inserted connection elements (7).
A system resulting from the assembly of floating support devices for equipment for the carrying out of a photovoltaic installation, said equipment comprising a plurality of modular floating support devices (1) for a panel able to be assembled in order to form a network of floating support devices, directly by coupling elements, or indirectly by inserted connection elements (7, 7′), obtaining a network of floating support devices, each of said modular floating support devices (1) comprising:
- a structure (2) comprising coupling elements (3) for coupling to other floating support devices in such a way as to allow a network (R) of floating devices to be formed,
- one or a plurality of floats (4), intended to ensure that the floating support device does float, which are rigidly connected to said structure (2), and
- elements for holding at least one photovoltaic panel (P), and in which said structure (2) is an element separate from said float or floats (4) so as to allow forces to be transmitted between the floating support devices (1) of the network (R), without transmitting the forces from the network to said float or floats (4), and
- wherein two consecutive floating support devices (1) belonging to the same row (R4) are separated by means of a device, belonging to an adjacent row (R5) of floating support devices, bracing said consecutive floating support devices (1).
A system resulting from the assembly of floating support devices of an equipment for the carrying out of a photovoltaic installation, said equipment comprising a plurality of modular floating support devices (1) for a photovoltaic panel (P) able to be assembled in order to form a network of floating support devices, directly by coupling elements, or indirectly by inserted connection elements (7, 7′), obtaining a network of floating devices, each of said modular floating support devices (1) comprising:
- a structure (2) comprising coupling elements (3) for coupling to other floating support devices in such a way as to allow a network (R) of floating support devices to be formed,
- one float or a plurality of floats (4), intended to ensure that the device does float, which are rigidly connected to said structure (2),
- elements for holding at least one photovoltaic panel (P), and
- wherein said structure (2) is an element separate from said float or floats (4) so as to allow forces to be transmitted between the floating support devices (1) of the network (R), without transmitting the forces from the network to said float or floats (4), and
- wherein the structures (2) of said floating support devices (1) are of overabundant dimension with respect to the dimensions of the photovoltaic panels (P) borne by the structures (2), configured in such a way that the overabundant portions of the structures (2) belonging to the same row of floating support devices of the network (R) form an alley for maintenance (Am) for operators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.