| US 7,476,832 B2 | ||
| Seasonally adjustable mounting system for solar panels having dual motor assembly | ||
| Herb Vendig, 1205 Highland Blvd., Hoffman Estates, Ill. 60105 (US); and Shin-Min Song, 1099 Collingwood Dr., Naperville, Ill. 60540 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 28, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/770,444. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/819814, filed on Jun. 29, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0040990 A1, Feb. 21, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01C 21/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—203.4 [250/203.1] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A mounting system comprising at least one mounting assembly, each mounting assembly capable of mounting at least one solar
panel, the each mounting assembly comprising:
a support base;
a rotating base mounted on the support base, the rotating base configured to rotate about a vertical axis of the rotating
base;
a first motor assembly disposed on the support base, the first motor assembly capable of providing a rotational motion to
the rotating base;
a solar panel base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the solar panel base pivotally coupled to the rotating base
through a set of links at the lower surface, the upper surface is capable of mounting at least one solar panel; and
a second motor assembly disposed on the rotating base, the second motor assembly configured to enable the solar panel base
to tilt at a plurality of angles to a horizontal surface of the rotating base through at least one link of the set of links;
wherein the set of links are capable of transferring the rotational motion of the rotating base to the solar panel base, and
wherein the at least one link of the set of links is capable of tilting the solar panel base at the plurality of angles.
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