Sliding Solar Panel Assembly With Split Frame for Lightweight Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solar photovoltaic panel assemblies for recreational vehicles are heavy, costly, and provide poor stability and user experience due to traditional support frames that surround photovoltaic panels on all sides, hindering a lightweight design.
Innovation Solution
A split-type frame design with a first and second frame connected by a primary photovoltaic panel, allowing a secondary panel to slide between them, reducing the need for additional connecting frames and incorporating a drive member like an electrical telescopic rod to facilitate sliding, thus minimizing weight and enhancing stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a traditional support frame surrounding photovoltaic panels on all sides is used, then structural stability is improved, but weight increases and lightweight design is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is divided into a first frame and a second frame that are oppositely arranged and connected through the primary photovoltaic panel, rather than using a continuous frame surrounding all panels. This segmentation reduces the total amount of frame material needed while maintaining structural stability through the interconnected first and second frames.
Solution Approach 2:
The primary photovoltaic panel serves dual functions: it generates electrical energy and simultaneously acts as a connecting element between the first frame and the second frame. This merging of structural and functional roles eliminates the need for separate connecting components, reducing overall weight while maintaining stability.
2Power
If a secondary photovoltaic panel is added to increase power generation area, then energy output is improved, but device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The first and second frames serve multiple purposes: they provide structural support, define the boundaries for both primary and secondary photovoltaic panels, and enable the sliding mechanism for the secondary panel. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional specialized components, keeping device complexity manageable while accommodating expanded power generation capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The secondary photovoltaic panel is designed to slide along the first and/or second frame between a storage position (overlapping with the primary panel) and a deployment position (extended outward). This dynamic configuration allows the power generation area to be adjusted based on operational needs, increasing flexibility without permanently adding complex fixed structures.
3Ease of operation
If an electrical telescopic rod is used to drive the secondary panel sliding, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The manual mechanical operation of sliding the secondary photovoltaic panel is replaced with an electrical telescopic rod that can automatically extend and retract to deploy and store the secondary panel. This substitution of mechanical manual operation with an electrical actuation system significantly improves ease of operation, allowing users to control panel deployment with simple electrical commands rather than physical effort.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design achieves a lightweight, cost-effective, and stable solar photovoltaic panel assembly with improved user experience by optimizing frame structure and enabling automated panel deployment, increasing power generation area without significantly increasing vehicle height.
Implementation Method 1
power generation of solar photovoltaic panels
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a solar photovoltaic panel assembly, a vehicle, and an electric device. The solar photovoltaic panel assembly includes a support frame, a primary photovoltaic panel, and a secondary photovoltaic panel. The support frame is a split-type frame and includes a first frame and a second frame which are arranged opposite to each other. The primary photovoltaic panel is located between the first frame and the second frame. The first frame is connected to the second frame by the primary photovoltaic panel. The secondary photovoltaic panel is located between the first frame and the second frame and slidable along the first frame and/or the second frame into a storage position at which the secondary photovoltaic panel has a maximum overlapping area with the primary photovoltaic panel in a thickness direction and a deployment position at which the secondary photovoltaic panel slides outwardly relative to the primary photovoltaic panel.