US 12,463,582 B2
Solar tracker system including a cable system
Tamilarasan Mouniandy, Chennai (IN); Nagendra Srinivas Cherukupalli, Saratoga, CA (US); Rajesh Shanmugasundaram, Chennai (IN); and Baskaran Subbarayan, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to FTC Solar, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by FTC Solar, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,263.
Application 18/492,263 is a division of application No. 18/067,338, filed on Dec. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,831,273.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,533, filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048092 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24S 30/425 (2018.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01)
CPC H02S 20/32 (2014.12) [F24S 30/425 (2018.05); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); F24S 2030/136 (2018.05); F24S 2030/19 (2018.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar tracker system comprising:
an array of solar panels arranged in a row and defining a first lateral side and an opposed second lateral side;
a drive for rotating the array about a longitudinal axis;
a mounting assembly connected to the drive for supporting the solar panels, the mounting assembly including a plurality of lateral beams that are each longitudinally spaced from one another along the row;
a cable tensioning system comprising a plurality of cables arranged in a network between adjacent lateral beams of the plurality of lateral beams, wherein each cable of the plurality of cables is attached to a first one of the lateral beams of the plurality of lateral beams at the first lateral side and is further attached to a second one of the lateral beams at the second lateral side; and
a plurality of flywheels, wherein each flywheel of the plurality of flywheels is connected to a corresponding lateral beam of the plurality of lateral beams, and wherein each cable of the plurality of cables extends through at least two flywheels of the plurality of flywheels.