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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

May. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Alion Energy, Inc., Richmond, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Adriani, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Neil Morris, Livermore, CA (US);

Kevin Hennessy, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Anders Swahn, Tiburon, CA (US);

Thomas Peter Hunt, Oakland, CA (US);

Luis Francisco Castro Hernandez, Richmond, CA (US);

Assignee:

Alion Energy, Inc., Richmond, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B23Q 15/00 (2006.01); F24J 2/52 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H02S 20/00 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/5245 (2013.01); F24J 2/523 (2013.01); F24J 2/5237 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H02S 20/00 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); F24J 2002/5277 (2013.01); F24J 2002/5281 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract

Rotatable support system for mounting one or more photovoltaic modules. The system includes a stiffener configured to be attached to the one or more photovoltaic modules, a column connected to the stiffener through at least a rotatable component, and a foot connected to the column. The column is configured to rotate from a folded position towards an unfolded position, and stop at the unfolded position separated from the folded position by an angle difference. The angle difference represents the maximum range of rotation for the column.


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