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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Noria Energy, Sausalito, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alex Mayer, Mill Valley, CA (US);

James Raiford, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brian Atchley, Petaluma, CA (US);

Jason King, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ralf Schulze, San Francisco, CA (US);

Leslie Arciniega, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Becca Suchower, Sausalito, CA (US);

Assignee:

NORIA ENERGY, Sausalito, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 7/08 (2020.01); H02S 20/00 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 7/08 (2013.01); B63B 2035/4453 (2013.01); H02S 20/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An expandable flat-pack membrane-based float for use with a floating solar PV array, including: a float formed from a flexible membrane; and an expansion structure that is deployed to support the float in the inflated position without the need for compressed air. The expansion structure may be an expandable structure that is positioned within the float, or around an exterior surface of the float and increases in size when deployed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mayer, Alex. (2024). Flat-pack membrane based solar pv array floats having deployable expansion structures that inflate the floats without forced air preliminary class (U.S. Patent No. 12110082). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12110082

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