Mount for solar panel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solar panel mounts require complex and labor-intensive processes to adjust the tilt angle of solar panels, involving multiple fixing mechanisms and bolt adjustments, which complicates the alignment for maximum sunlight exposure.
Innovation Solution
A solar panel mount featuring a tilted support frame with parallel horizontal and tilted members, a support shaft, and stopper members with engaging concave portions that allow easy rotation and locking of the panel support member at predetermined angles, enabling effortless tilt adjustments without requiring significant force.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple fixing means are used to secure the supporting unit and sliding pillar, then the tilt angle can be fixed stably, but the adjustment process becomes complicated and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple fixing functions into a single integrated fixing means. The fixing means includes a fixing member that simultaneously secures both the supporting unit and sliding pillar through a unified structure, eliminating the need for separate fixing mechanisms. This merging reduces the number of operations required while maintaining stable fixation of the tilt angle.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing means is designed with multi-functionality to perform multiple securing tasks. The fixing member can engage with different components (supporting unit and sliding pillar) using the same mechanism, allowing a single device to fulfill multiple fixation roles. This universal approach simplifies the adjustment process while ensuring reliable stabilization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual rotation of torque tube with multiple bolts is used to adjust tilt angle, then the solar panel can be positioned at different angles, but the adjustment process requires complex bolt fastening and loosening operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex multi-bolt fastening system and replaces it with a simplified single-fixing-means mechanism. By removing the unnecessary bolts and complex rotation operations, the invention retains the essential function of tilt angle adjustment while dramatically reducing mechanical complexity. The extraction principle eliminates redundant components that do not contribute to the core functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using multiple bolts that require sequential fastening and loosening, the invention inverts the approach by using a single fixing means that can be quickly engaged and disengaged. The fixing member is designed to be attached or detached in one operation, reversing the traditional multi-step bolt process and significantly simplifying the adjustment procedure.
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AI summary
A mount for a solar panel capable of changing a tilt angle of the solar panel easily and positively, includes a tilted support frame including a pair of horizontal members extending along a horizontal direction in parallel with different heights and a pair of tilted members arranged between the horizontal members and extending in parallel to be tilted in one side, a fixed support member fixing and supporting the tilted support frame, a square-shaped panel support member on which a solar panel is fixed, a support shaft extending between the tilted support frame and the panel support member and supporting the panel support member to rotate, and a pair of stopper members respectively provided on both rotating end sides of the panel support member so that one end portions rotate freely and including engaging concave portions engaged with half circumferences of outer peripheries of the horizontal members.