Solar module

US9590558B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Smart Flower Energy Technology GmbH · AT

Inventors

• Alexander Swatek · Wien, AT
• Elmar Stoger · Neunkirchen, AT
• Michael Hoffmann · Dresden, DE
• Peter Matisovits · Fürstenfeld, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/50
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A solar module comprising at least a plurality of lamellar solar panels, which are mounted pivotably, about a common axis, on an elongate support and can be and which can be moved between a first position, in which they are disposed on top of each other substantially congruently and parallel to the support, and a second position, in which they lie substantially next to each other in a fanned out manner about the aforementioned axis, wherein the support can be pivoted out of a housing, which accommodates the support together with the solar panels in the first position of the panels, characterized in that the solar module comprises two supports of the aforementioned type equipped with solar panels in the manner described, wherein the two supports are pivotably hinged at the diametrical longitudinal ends of an elongate base support, which is mounted rotatably, about an approximately vertical axis, in the housing.