US 12,081,165 B2
System, method and apparatus for photovoltaic array
Benjamin Allen Urbanek, Cincinnati, OH (US); and David Anthony Compaan, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Terrasmart, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Terrasmart, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,529.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/336,482, filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353082 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 20/32 (2014.12) [H02S 30/10 (2014.12)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic (PV) system, comprising:
PV modules having support frame assemblies;
base frame assemblies, each having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion is coupled to a respective support frame assembly such that the PV modules are oriented at a tilt angle with respect to horizontal to form a solar array of PV tables;
elongated members extending in a north-south direction, each elongated member is directly attached with the upper portion of two respective base frame assemblies, and the elongated members are configured to be coupled to a control unit and rotate the PV tables about a rotational axis that is oriented at the tilt angle, which is fixed; and
the control unit coupled to the base frame assemblies and the elongated members such that the control unit is configured to rotate the PV tables about the rotational axis.