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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicholas J. McKibben, Oakland, CA (US);
John Kapla, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Sushrut G. Bapat, Alameda, CA (US);
Elizabeth Schulte, Oakland, CA (US);
Gary A. Rossi, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Jeremy Mansell, Berkeley, CA (US);
Andrew R. Wolf, Burlingame, CA (US);
SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A carport includes a casting, wherein first brace and a second brace on a first side of the casting and a third brace and a fourth brace on a second side of the casting support a canopy. The first brace and the third brace are configured for electrical cable management. Electrical cables disposed within the first brace extend from the canopy through the first side of the casting. Electrical cables disposed within the third brace extend from the canopy through the second side of the casting. The second brace and the fourth brace are configured for precipitation management, wherein a gutter system integrated into the canopy directs precipitation to the second brace and the fourth brace, and the second brace and the fourth brace direct the precipitation from the canopy toward the casting.