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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Applicant:
Christopher Needham, Sandy Spring, MD (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Needham, Sandy Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
SunEdison, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/38 (2006.01); G01C 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An active tracking solar assembly includes a main actuator cable and a secondary cable having a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the main actuator cable and the second end is connected to a roof weight. An actuator bar has a counter weight attached to a first end and a first pulley attached to a second end, and the secondary cable engages the first pulley.