	US 11,984,840 B2
	Rope transmission structure, solar energy tracker and application method thereof
Haitao Sun, Shandong (CN); Yanglin Li, Shandong (CN); Zhongjun Yang, Shandong (CN); Hepeng Wang, Shandong (CN); and Jianguo Yan, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to JIANGSU ENEUTRAL NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Appl. No. 17/286,757
Filed by Jiangsu ENeutral New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/097849 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/178061, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811220221.4 (CN), filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336579 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. F24S 30/42 (2018.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01)

CPC H02S 20/32 (2014.12) [F24S 30/42 (2018.05); F24S 2030/11 (2018.05); F24S 2030/133 (2018.05); F24S 2030/136 (2018.05); F24S 2030/16 (2018.05)]

20 Claims

1. A rope transmission structure, comprising a driving wheel, a driven wheel, a main transmission rope, and a plurality of tracking units, wherein the main transmission rope is connected end to end, one end of the main transmission rope is sleeved on the driving wheel, and the other end thereof is sleeved on the driven wheel, the driving wheel is capable of driving the driven wheel to rotate through the main transmission rope, the plurality of tracking units are provided at intervals along a length direction of the main transmission rope, wherein each of the tracking units comprises a mounting bracket, a rotating member, and a first branch rope, wherein the rotating member is hinged on the mounting bracket, a plane where a rotation direction of the rotating member is located is perpendicular to a plane where a rotation direction of the driving wheel is located, the first branch rope has one end connected to the rotating member, and the other end connected to the main transmission rope, and the first branch rope is capable of driving the rotating member to rotate when the driving wheel rotates.