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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas Barton, Richmond, CA (US);
Assignee:
SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0203 (2014.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01); F24J 2/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/32 (2014.12); F24J 2/541 (2013.01); H02S 20/00 (2013.01); F24J 2002/5468 (2013.01); F24J 2002/5482 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49863 (2015.01);
Abstract
A solar energy collection system can include support devices made with bearings formed from sheet material. These bearings can be optionally formed so as to provide tool-less connections to their associated bearing housings. The bearings can be formed with an open configuration allowing a shaft to be inserted into an open bite of the bearing. Optionally, the bearing can be made from an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene plastic material. Additionally, two open-type bearing assemblies can be mounted axially offset and opposed to one another.