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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew G. Danning, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 6/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); F24S 25/35 (2018.01); F24S 25/20 (2018.01); F24S 25/61 (2018.01); F24S 25/636 (2018.01); F24S 25/67 (2018.01); F24S 25/70 (2018.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 33/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/00 (2014.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); F24S 25/60 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/30 (2014.12); B23P 11/00 (2013.01); F16B 5/004 (2013.01); F16B 5/0233 (2013.01); F16B 33/002 (2013.01); F24S 25/20 (2018.05); F24S 25/35 (2018.05); F24S 25/61 (2018.05); F24S 25/636 (2018.05); F24S 25/67 (2018.05); F24S 25/70 (2018.05); H02S 20/00 (2013.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.12); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); F24S 2025/6008 (2018.05); Y02B 10/12 (2013.01); Y02B 10/20 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A leveler for a solar module can include a base, a rotatable adjuster, and a follower. The rotatable adjuster can be mounted to the base with a swaging process, or other techniques. The follower can be embedded within a coupler configured to be connectable to solar modules. Turning the rotatable height adjuster changes the relative spacing between the solar module and the base.