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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
May. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Nextracker Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tyler Watson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
NEXTRACKER LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24S 25/12 (2018.01); F24S 25/65 (2018.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01); F24S 40/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/32 (2014.12); F24S 40/85 (2018.05); F24S 25/12 (2018.05); F24S 25/65 (2018.05); F24S 2030/11 (2018.05); F24S 2030/135 (2018.05); F24S 2030/14 (2018.05); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar tracking system including a plurality of bases, a torque tube supported by the plurality of bases and configured to support a plurality of solar modules, and a drive device operably connected to the torque tube and arranged to translate the torque tube in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis. The solar tracking system also includes a plurality of helical guides operably connected to the torque tube, and a plurality of cam assemblies, wherein upon linear movement of the torque tube, interaction between the helical guides and cam assemblies causes the torque tube to rotate about its linear axis.