US 12,231,080 B2
Intelligent solar racking system
Kurt G. Conti, New Providence, NJ (US); and Cullin J. Wible, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to CONTI INNOVATION CENTER, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Conti SPE, LLC, Summit, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/211,262, filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0407455 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Prior Publication US 2023/0361716 A9, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 30/10 (2014.01); F16M 11/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [F16M 11/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/043 (2014.12); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H02S 50/10 (2014.12)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar racking system comprising:
a racking frame receiving and mechanically supporting a plurality of solar modules in a vertical order; and
a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the solar racking system, each of the plurality of sensors generating parameter data and reporting the parameter data as output signals, comprising:
at least two frame sensors located on the racking frame, positioned to associate with each of the plurality of solar modules, and detecting at least a module position and presence within the racking frame as the parameter data; and
at least one computing device receiving and analyzing the output signals to determine and monitor operations of the solar racking system.