Solar Panel Float Integrally Molded Support Plates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional solar panel floats installed on water bodies require multiple components, increasing costs and complicating assembly and installation due to their complex structure, making it difficult to support solar panels efficiently and effectively.
Innovation Solution
A solar panel float with an integrally formed hollow molded body featuring annular and support plate portions, allowing for efficient mounting and connection of solar panels without additional components, enabling easy assembly and installation by cutting and raising support plate portions during molding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate components are used to support the solar panel on the float, then the solar panel can be supported, but the number of components increases leading to increased cost and reduced assembly workability
Solution Approach 1:
The support portions are integrated directly into the hollow molded body of the float, forming a single unified component. The first and second support portions protrude from the inner peripheral wall of the float body, eliminating the need for separate support structures and reducing the total number of components while maintaining solar panel support functionality
2Reliability
If multiple separate components are used to support the solar panel, then the solar panel can be supported, but assembly workability decreases due to increased number of components
Solution Approach 1:
The float body and support portions are manufactured as a single integrated component through hollow molding, eliminating multiple assembly steps. The support portions are formed as integral extensions of the float body wall, requiring no separate assembly operations while ensuring reliable solar panel support
3Ease of operation
If the float size is increased to facilitate installation and checking, then installation and checking become easier, but the float size becomes larger than required for solar panel support
Solution Approach 1:
The float is designed with a compact basic size optimized for solar panel support, while installation and checking activities are facilitated by the integrated support portions that provide natural access points and structural features. The support portions serve dual purposes: structural support for the solar panel and facilitation of installation/maintenance operations without requiring overall float size increase
4Reliability
If a complex structure is used to support the solar panel, then the solar panel can be supported, but the hollow molding process becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The support portions are designed as simple integral extensions of the float body wall that can be easily formed during the hollow molding process. The first and second support portions protrude directly from the inner peripheral wall in a manner that is naturally accommodated by standard hollow molding techniques, eliminating the need for complex secondary operations or assembly steps
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 solution reduces the number of components, simplifies assembly, and allows for efficient solar panel support and installation on water bodies, maintaining a compact size while ensuring stable buoyancy and easy connection of multiple floats.
Implementation Method 1
a hollow-molded annular float portion made of synthetic resin
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a solar panel float in which an increase in the number of components is prevented and which is easy to assemble. A float for mounting a solar panel is provided with: an annular float portion; a first support portion that supports an edge on one side of the solar panel; and a second support portion that supports an edge on the other side of the solar panel. The first support portion includes a first support plate portion rising from a wall surface on one side of an inner periphery of the annular float portion. The first support plate portion is formed of a cut-and-raised piece that has been cut and raised, from a flat plate portion integrally formed so as to close the inner periphery during molding of the annular float portion, using a lower-side portion of the flat plate portion as a bending-fulcrum point.