US 11,677,350 B2
Solar panel tilt adjustment system
Randy Barclay, Livermore, CA (US); and Samuel Anthony Dottle, Sonora, CA (US)
Filed by Randy Barclay, Livermore, CA (US); and Samuel Anthony Dottle, Sonora, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/128,007.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,233, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0194414 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H02S 10/00 (2014.01); H02S 40/20 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02S 20/32 (2014.12) [B60R 11/00 (2013.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tilt adjustment system for a solar panel mountable to a vehicle surface, comprising:
a first panel bracket defined by an upper flat section and a lower flat section with the solar panel being mounted thereto;
a first lift jack with a jacking head mounted to the upper flat section of the first panel bracket and a foot mountable to the vehicle surface, an upper face of the solar panel being positioned below a plane of the upper flat section of the first panel bracket;
a second panel bracket defined by an upper flat section and a lower flat section with the solar panel being mounted thereto; and
a second lift jack with a jacking head mounted to the upper flat section of the second panel bracket and a foot mountable to the vehicle surface, the upper face of the solar panel being positioned below a plane of the upper flat section of the second panel bracket.