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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2019
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 solar power generation assembly includes a vertical support column; a canopy including a plurality of solar modules for solar power generation; a first brace and a second brace on a first side of the support column to support the canopy; a third brace and a fourth brace on a second side of the support column to support the canopy; and a gutter system integrated into the canopy and directing precipitation along one or more of the second brace and the fourth brace to the support column. One or more of the first brace and the third brace manage electrical cables extending from the canopy to the support column.