US 12,341,467 B2
Solar panel installation system
Shingo Hosaka, Yamaguchi (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA LAILE, Yamaguchi (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA LAILE, Yamaguchi (JP)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,671.
Application 18/235,671 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/005870, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-026973 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2021; and application No. 2021-136992 (JP), filed on Aug. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0396209 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 20/22 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 20/30 (2014.12) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar panel installation system (1, 1B′), comprising:
a first rail (20) on a rooftop of a building (33) or on a structure;
a first support carrier (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d) located on the first rail (20) and including a portion protruding outward from the building (33) or from the structure, the first support carrier (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d) being movable along the first rail (20);
a first post (10) directly or indirectly supported by the portion of the first support carrier (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d) protruding outward from the building (33) or from the structure, the first post (10) extending in a vertical direction along a side surface of the building (33) or of the structure;
a plurality of solar panels (13) fixed to the first post (10); and
a carrier driver configured to move the first support carrier (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d) in a first direction along a length of the first rail (20) or in a second direction opposite to the first direction.