US 11,949,365 B2
Solar mounting system for a shipping container
Benjamin Materna, Lotus, CA (US); Theresa Sweeney, Charlottesville, VA (US); and Kyle Stephan, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to GIVEPOWER FOUNDATION, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by GIVEPOWER FOUNDATION, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,008.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/318,314, filed on Mar. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291346 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 10/40 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); E04H 1/12 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2016.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 13/40 (2016.01); F24S 25/00 (2018.01); H02S 20/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01); H02S 40/44 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 10/40 (2014.12) [H02S 20/30 (2014.12); E04H 2001/1283 (2013.01); F03D 9/007 (2013.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F03D 13/40 (2016.05); F24S 2025/012 (2018.05); H02S 20/10 (2014.12); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02S 40/44 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar mounting system for a shipping container, comprising:
a shipping container;
laterally extending beams secured directly onto to the top of the shipping container to extend across a top surface of the shipping container, the laterally extending beams extending outwardly from top side edges of the shipping container;
support mounts connected to the laterally extending beams, the support mounts being positioned over the top of the shipping container;
a first set of longitudinal beams spanning between the support mounts at locations above the top of the shipping container;
a second set of longitudinal beams spanning between the laterally extending beams at locations to the sides of the shipping container; and
PV module support rails extending between the first and second sets of longitudinal beams.