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Solar tracking bearing and solar tracking system employing same

US8939648B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

First Solar, Inc. · US

Inventors

Matthew N. Schneider · Sierra Madre, US
Jean-Paul Labrosse · Altadena, US
Jeffrey Charles Lamb · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 10, 2012
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/47
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An solar tracker bearing comprising a pair of stationary outer bearing races attached on either side of a bearing support element and a rotatable inner bearing race held by the pair of outer bearing races, the rotatable inner bearing race having an beam slot for seating a torque tube beam therein.

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