US 11,894,799 B2
System for mounting a service component to a building structure
Stuart Gordon, St. Kilda (AU); James Larratt, St. Kilda (AU); and Jeremy Lawrence, St. Kilda (AU)
Assigned to SOLPOD PTY LTD, St. Kilda (AU)
Appl. No. 17/041,129
Filed by Solpod Pty Ltd, St. Kilda (AU)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050266
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/183670, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901007 (AU), filed on Mar. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0119571 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H02S 30/20 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 20/23 (2014.12) [H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); H02S 30/20 (2014.12)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar photovoltaic assembly comprising:
a plurality of solar photovoltaic modules that are arranged into at least two sets, with each set having one or more of the modules; and
a support structure on which the modules are mounted, the support structure including:
at least one central support portion, the sets of photovoltaic modules being mounted to the support structure so as to be movable relative to the central support portion between a stowed configuration in which the sets are positioned with at least one edge of each set being disposed adjacent a peripheral edge of another set,
for each set of modules, vectors normal to the plane of the modules are oriented towards the modules in the other set such that photovoltaic cells of the modules face towards one another, and
the planes of the modules are substantially parallel with one another, and
a deployed configuration in which the photovoltaic modules are arranged relative to one another for simultaneously receiving solar energy and the assembly adopts a general A-frame arrangement, wherein the central support portion defines one or more pivot axes, and each set is mounted to the central support portion so as to rotate about a respective one of the pivot axes when moving between the stowed and deployed configurations; and
a plurality of feet, each of which being configured to affix to an external surface of a building and then to resist disengagement from that external surface, a first subset of the feet being provided to affix the central support portion to the external surface of the building, and one or more second subsets of the feet that are arranged to affix a respective one of the sets of modules to the building, each second subset of feet being spaced from the first subset of feet,
wherein each of the plurality of feet includes a piece of compressible foam, and an adhesive material is disposed on an underside surface of the compressible foam, whereby the adhesive material on the underside surface of the compressible foam is to affix to the external surface of the building.