Patent · US Active

Systems and methods for damping photovoltaic panel arrays

US10648528B2 · kind B2 · utility

29Cited by

6References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Stabilus GmbH · DE

Inventors

James T. Kull · Denver, US
Markus Müller · Männedorf, CH
Lars Löhken · Bonn, DE
Arnold Schilz · Lahnstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2018
Grant date	May 12, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/50
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Damper includes a housing having proximal and distal ends, a first attachment point proximate the distal end of the housing, a rod having proximal and distal ends at least partially disposed within the housing and moveable relative to the housing between an extended position and a compressed position, a second attachment point proximate the proximal end of the rod, a piston joined to the rod within the housing proximate the distal end of the rod, the piston including a bypass groove having a flow area defined therein to allow fluid to flow from a first side of the piston to an opposing side of the piston, and a first washer disposed proximate a first end of the piston and at least partially covering the flow area of the bypass groove.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.