US 12,348,180 B1
Overhead tensile-actuated solar tracking system and method
Dante Stephen Bortone, Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Dante Stephen Bortone, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/978,716.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/609,710, filed on Dec. 13, 2023.
Int. Cl. H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24S 30/45 (2018.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01)
CPC H02S 20/32 (2014.12) [F24S 30/45 (2018.05); F24S 2030/133 (2018.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for manipulating a solar collector through overhead tensile actuation, the system comprising:
a vertical structure for support;
a supporting panel mount or supporting frame to hold the solar collector;
at least two tensile actuators configured to apply tensile force to the solar collector from above a plane of the solar collector;
a supporting pivot to angle the solar collector;
a rotating central cylinder connected to the supporting pivot; and
a control mechanism to manipulate the tensile actuators for rotational or angular movement of the solar collector;
wherein the central cylinder is positioned along a side of the panel mount.