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Patent No.:

US 11420342 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2021

Fluidic solar actuator

Applicant:

Sunfolding, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Saul Griffith, San Francisco, CA (US);

Leila Madrone, San Francisco, CA (US);

Peter S. Lynn, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kevin Simon, San Francisco, CA (US);

James McBride, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sunfolding, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hoang M Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 18/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); F24S 50/20 (2018.01); F24S 50/00 (2018.01); F24S 30/425 (2018.01); F24S 23/74 (2018.01); F24S 30/48 (2018.01); F24S 30/428 (2018.01); F24S 30/452 (2018.01); F16J 3/04 (2006.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F03G 6/02 (2006.01); H02S 40/00 (2014.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 18/06 (2013.01); B25J 9/142 (2013.01); F03G 6/02 (2013.01); F16J 3/04 (2013.01); F24S 23/74 (2018.05); F24S 30/425 (2018.05); F24S 30/428 (2018.05); F24S 30/452 (2018.05); F24S 30/48 (2018.05); F24S 50/00 (2018.05); F24S 50/20 (2018.05); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); H02S 40/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/00 (2013.01); F24S 2030/115 (2018.05); F24S 2050/25 (2018.05); Y02E 10/40 (2013.01); Y02E 10/46 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y10S 901/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solar actuator system comprising at least one actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes: a top coupler; an angled bottom coupler having a top-end and respective first and second faces on opposing first and second sides of the top-end, the angled bottom coupler coupled to the top coupler via a one-degree-of-freedom joint between the top coupler and the angled bottom coupler; and at least a first and second actuator, with the first actuator disposed on the first side of the angled bottom coupler and the second actuator disposed on the second side of the angled bottom coupler.

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