US 11,990,861 B2
Horizontal solar tracker
Álvaro Achaerandio Fernández, Sarriguren (ES); Andrés Jiménez De La Cruz, Sarriguren (ES); and Francisco Serrano Piris, Sarriguren (ES)
Assigned to KTRSolar Tech, S.L., (ES)
Appl. No. 17/771,469
Filed by KTRSolar Tech, S.L., Sarriguren (ES)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/ES2020/070641
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079020, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. ES201930944 (ES), filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376650 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H02S 20/32 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 20/32 (2014.12) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A horizontal solar tracker (1), comprising at least one front rotating beam (3) and at least one rear rotating beam (12) that can turn, joined by means of a connecting rod-crank mechanism (4), wherein the solar tracker (1) comprises:
a drive assembly (2), which in turn comprises:
a fixed support (11),
a body (21) fixed to the support (11),
at least one mobile element (22) that can move with respect to the body (21) on which at least one of the front rotating beams (3) is coupled,
a motor (23) adjacent to the body (21) that generates a movement on the mobile element (22),
wherein the connecting rod-crank mechanism (4) comprises a first transmission section (5) associated with the rear rotating beam (12) and at least one second transmission section (6) comprising an arm (41) associated with the front rotating beam (3),
characterised in that:
one end of the front rotating beam (3) has a first joining sector (31) that can be coupled to the mobile element (22), and in that
the second transmission section (6) additionally comprises a tubular portion (42) joined orthogonally to the arm (41) that clasps the rotating beam (3) in an assembly situation, and it also comprises a second joining sector (43) linked to one end of the tubular portion (42), which can be coupled to the first joining sector (31) and to the mobile element (22).