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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Tyler Grushkowitz, Hayward, CA (US);
Brian Wares, Berkeley, CA (US);
Vicent Ripoll Agullo, Oakland, CA (US);
Shannon Mark Bachart, Orangevale, CA (US);
Matthew Scott Lambert, Oakland, CA (US);
SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A cable tray and support system facilitates cable management in a solar energy collector system at reduced cost relative to previous cable tray and support systems. The cable tray and support system comprises cables trays, mounting brackets, and vertically-oriented piles. The mounting brackets are coupled to the cables trays and vertically-oriented piles. The mounting brackets include one or more stress relief features (e.g., notches) to allow the mounting bracket to provide cantilevered deflection in response to thermal expansion or contraction-of the cable tray. The cable tray and support system also provides a ground path from a cable tray, to the mounting bracket, to the pile, and then to the ground to dissipate transient voltages in the solar energy collection system.