The embodiments herein provide a slide out solar array having a frame adapted to be fastened to the roof of a vehicle, a first solar panel attached to the frame, a linear rolling support attached to the frame, a second solar panel attached to the linear rolling support, and a vertical drive arm connected to the second solar panel. Embodiments include a wire routing compartment positioned between the frame and the first solar panel as well as raceways and rolling supports positioned within the linear rolling support. The vertical drive arm can be actuated manually by a user or can be actuated when a slide out for a recreational vehicle is extended/retracted.
Expandable Solar Array
2024-03-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |