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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Nextracker Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jacob Mark Morin, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abhimanyu Sable, Hyderabad, IN;
Pradeep Kumar Dube, Hyderabad, IN;
Assignee:
NEXTRACKER LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/32 (2014.12); F16C 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar tracker including a torque tube, a plurality of bearings configured to receive the torque tube, a plurality of piers each configured to receive one of the plurality of bearings, and a lock-out device mounted on one of the plurality of piers and operatively associated with at least one of the plurality of bearings, the lock out device configured to periodically engage and disengage openings formed in the bearings to limit movement of the torque tube and to transfer load from the torque tube to the pier on which it is mounted.