Photovoltaic module with removable wind deflector

Botkin, Jonathan; Graves, Simon; Danning, Matt; Culligan, Matthew

Title: Photovoltaic module with removable wind deflector

Patent · Tue May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1083947

Botkin, Jonathan; Graves, Simon; Danning, Matt; Culligan, Matthew

A photovoltaic (PV) module assembly including a PV module, a deflector, and a clip. The PV module includes a PV device and a frame. A PV laminate is assembled to the frame, and the frame includes a support arm forming a seat. The deflector defines a front face and a rear face, with the clip extending from either the trailing frame member or the rear face of the deflector. In a mounted state, the deflector is nested within the seat and is releasably mounted to the trailing frame member via the clip. In some embodiments, the support arm forms a second seat, with the PV module assembly providing a second mounted state in which the deflector is in a differing orientation/slope, nested within the second seat and releasably mounted to the trailing frame member via the clip.

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Research Organization:: SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC36-07GO17043

Assignee:: SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 8,448,391

Application Number:: 13/538,695

OSTI ID:: 1083947

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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