Device for holding down and releasing solar panels

US6007043A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Franz Sperber · Kolbermoor, DE
• Walter Stich · Miesbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 1996
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64G1/2222
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for holding down solar panels with a holding-down bolt and for releasing the solar panels after shearing off with a pyrotechnical striking pin device is arranged on the outer side of the solar panels. After severing with the striking pin and after lifting out of the striking pin device with a spring, the holding-down bolt pivots out of spacers, which are connected to the solar panels via crossbolts, as a result of which the solar panels can be freely unfolded.