Solar apparatus and mounting system thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9159857-B2
Application number	US-201313951081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2013
Priority date	Sep 26, 2012
Publication date	Oct 13, 2015
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015

Abstract

A solar apparatus includes a solar cell, a frame including a main body and a hollow rib, a pair of first support racks, and a pair of second support racks. The main body surrounds the edge of the solar cell. The hollow rib protrudes over the circumference of the main body. The first support racks are located on a first side of the frame, and each of the first support racks includes a first engaging clamp for coupling to the hollow rib of the frame. The second support racks are located on a second side of the frame facing away from the first side, and each of the second support racks includes a second engaging clamp for coupling to the hollow rib of the frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A solar apparatus comprising:
a solar cell;
a frame comprising:
a main body surrounding an edge of the solar cell; and
a hollow rib protruding over the circumference of the main body;
a pair of first support racks located on a first side of the frame, wherein each of the first support racks comprises a first engaging clamp that couples to the hollow rib, and each of the first support racks comprises a first support portion and a first engaging portion, and a top of the first support portion is connected to the first engaging portion, and the first engaging portion has the first engaging clamp;
a pair of second support racks located on a second side of the frame facing away from the first side, wherein each of the second support racks comprises a second engaging clamp that couples to the hollow rib, and each of the second support racks comprises a second support portion and a second engaging portion, and a top of the second support portion is connected to the second engaging portion, and the second engaging portion has the second engaging clamp;
a first foot connected to a terminal of the first support portion and having a bottom portion and two side walls, wherein the two side walls of the first foot are located at two opposite sides of the bottom portion of the first foot to form a rail;
a second foot connected to a terminal of the second support portion and having a bottom portion and two side walls, wherein the two side walls of the second foot are located at two opposite sides of the bottom portion of the second foot to form a rail; a first support plate arranged adjacent to the first foot;
a second support plate arranged adjacent to the second foot, wherein each of the first support plate and the second support plate has a bearing surface; each of the bearing surfaces has two first retaining walls at two opposite sides; each of the bearing surfaces has two second retaining walls at another two opposite sides; and the two second retaining walls have a plurality of ninth through holes; and
a wind diffuser having a first plate body and a second plate body connected to each other, wherein the first plate body is abutted against the frame, and the second plate body is abutted against the second support plate.

2. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first support portion has a first axis line, and the first engaging portion has a second axis line, and an included angle except 90° is formed between the first axis line and the second axis line.

3. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the hollow rib of the frame has a plurality of first through holes and a plurality of second through holes respectively at the first side and the second side of the frame.

4. The solar apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first engaging portion comprises a first cap, a first baseplate and a first side wall, and the first side wall is connected between the first cap and the first baseplate; and the second engaging portion comprises a second cap, a second baseplate and a second side wall, and the second side wall is connected between the second cap and the second baseplate.

5. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first baseplate has at least one first spike which protrudes towards the first cap, and the second baseplate has at least one second spike which protrudes towards the second cap.

6. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first cap has at least one first spike which protrudes towards the first baseplate, and the second cap has at least one second spike which protrudes towards the second baseplate.

7. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the bottom surface of the first baseplate is connected to the top of the first support portion, and the bottom surface of the second baseplate is connected to the top of the second support portion.

8. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of the first cap and the first baseplate has at least one third through hole, the at least one third through hole corresponds to the first through hole of the hollow rib, so that the first support rack and the frame are fixed by coupling a first fixing component into the third through hole and the first through hole.

9. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of the second cap and the second baseplate has at least one fourth through hole, the at least one fourth through hole corresponds to the second through hole of the hollow rib, so that the second support rack and the frame are fixed by coupling a second fixing component into the fourth through hole and the second through hole.

10. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the surface of the first baseplate has at least one first convex, and the surface of the second baseplate has at least one second convex; the first convex and the second convex respectively correspond to the first through hole and the second through hole of the hollow rib; and the first convex and the second convex are respectively coupled to the first through hole and the second through hole.

11. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first cap has a fifth through hole; the first baseplate has a third convex; the third convex has a first recessed hole; and the fifth through hole corresponds to the first recessed hole, so that a third fixing component is coupled to the fifth through hole and the first recessed hole.

12. The solar apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second cap has a sixth through hole; the second baseplate has a fourth convex; the fourth convex has a second recessed hole; the sixth through hole and the second recessed hole correspond to each other; and a fourth fixing component is coupled to the sixth through hole and the second recessed hole.

13. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the terminal of the first support portion has a first communicating tube, and the terminal of the second support portion has a second communicating tube.

14. The solar apparatus of claim 13 , wherein each of the side walls has at least one seventh through hole, so that a fifth fixing component is coupled to the seventh through hole of the side wall and the first communicating tube or the second communicating tube.

15. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first plate body has a third engaging clamp engaged to the hollow rib; the second plate body has a plurality of fingers; and the fingers are respectively embedded in the ninth through holes.

16. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an obtuse angle is formed between the first plate body and the second plate body, and the range of the obtuse angle is from 120° to 150°.

17. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of ballasts arranged on the surface of the first support plate and the surface of the second support plate.

18. The solar apparatus of claim 17 , wherein each of the ballasts has a wedge shape; each of the ballasts has an inclined surface; two opposite ends of the inclined surface are defined as a first end surface and a second end surface; and the vertical height of the first end surface is smaller than the vertical height of the second end surface.

19. The solar apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first end surface has a stopper; the ballasts are overlapped up and down; and the stopper is abutted against the external side of the second end surface.

20. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the opening directions of the second engaging clamp and the first engaging clamp are opposite.

21. The solar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the opening directions of the second e

Assignees

• Au Optronics Corp

Inventors

• Kuo Han-Ching

Classifications

• H10F19/00 Primary

  Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules · CPC title

• F24J2/5211

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F24J2/5233

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• H02S20/24

  specially adapted for flat roofs · CPC title

• Y02E10/47

  Mountings or tracking · CPC title