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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Strategies to enhance critical wind speeds with active stowing in single axis solar tracking systems
Nextpower Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Tushar Guha, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abhimanyu Sable, Hyderabad, IN;
Asher Dakarapu, Lingampally, IN;
Jacob Mark Morin, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nextpower LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A solar tracking system includes a first solar tracking row and a second solar tracking row, each of the first and second solar tracking rows including a plurality of support piers, a torque tube rotatably supported on the plurality of support piers, a plurality of solar modules coupled to the torque tube, and at least one damper coupled to the plurality of support piers at a first end and coupled to a portion of the torque tube at a second, opposite end, and a connecting rod coupled to a portion of each torque tube of the first and second solar trackers such that rotation of the torque tube of the first solar tracker row effectuates movement of the connecting rod, which in turn, effectuates rotation of the torque tube of the second solar tracking row.