Photovoltaic module with removable wind deflector

Patent · Tue Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1064443

Botkin, Jonathan ^[1]; Graves, Simon ^[2]; Danning, Matt ^[3]; Culligan, Matthew ^[2]

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1. El Cerrito, CA
2. Berkeley, CA
3. Oakland, CA

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.

• Research Organization: SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC36-07GO17043
• Assignee: SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 8,234,824
• Application Number: 12/492,729
• OSTI ID: 1064443
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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