US 12,463,586 B2
Solar panel frame disassembling apparatus
Oliver Caulle, Bourg Saint Andeol (FR); Florian Valentin, Rochegude (FR); Rui De Almeida, Orange (FR); Aitor Apraiz Arenaza, Aretxabaleta (ES); and Jean-Philippe Aguerre, Aretxabaleta (ES)
Assigned to MONDRAGON ASSEMBLY, S.COOP., Aretxabaleta (ES)
Filed by MONDRAGON ASSEMBLY, S.COOP., Aretxabaleta (ES)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/890,280.
Claims priority of application No. 23382945 (EP), filed on Sep. 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0096727 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. B23P 19/02 (2006.01); B25B 27/00 (2006.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/00 (2014.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02S 40/00 (2013.01) [B23P 19/025 (2013.01); B25B 27/00 (2013.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); B23P 19/02 (2013.01); B32B 43/006 (2013.01); B32B 2457/12 (2013.01); Y10S 156/924 (2013.01); Y10S 156/937 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49751 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49755 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49821 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49822 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53683 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1184 (2015.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for disassembling a frame from a body of a solar panel, the apparatus comprising:
first and second contact plates that are configured to clamp the body between them;
a separation assembly configured to be arranged over or under the body, the separation assembly including:
a first separation element having a first contact surface that is configured to face an internal surface of a first side of the frame, the first separation element being moveable between a first position in which the first contact surface does not push on the internal surface of the frame and a second position in which the first contact surface pushes on the internal surface of the frame to cause at least a portion of the frame to be separated from the body, the first contact surface having a first profile non-parallel to the first side of the frame, the first profile being symmetrical with respect to a central point of the first contact surface, the central point being a point of the first contact surface closest to the first side of the frame, the first contact surface being configured to progressively contact the first internal surface of the first side of the frame upon the first separation element moving from the first position to the second position; and
second and third separation elements respectively located on first and second opposite sides of the first separation element with each being spaced apart from the first separation element, the second separation element having a second contact surface that is configured to push against the internal surface of the first side of the frame during a time of the first separation element moving from the first position to the second position, the third separation element having a third contact surface that is configured to push against the internal surface of the first side of the frame during the time of the first separation element moving from the first position to the second position, the first separation element being located nearer the first side of the frame than each of the second and third separation elements when the first separation element is in the first position.