Patent ID: 11923802
Assignee: OJJO, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  Y | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A drive system for a single-axis solar tracker comprising:
a truss foundation comprising a pair of adjacent legs extending above and below ground and separated from one another by an acute angle to form an A-frame shaped truss foundation and a bearing adaptor joining above-ground ends of each pair of adjacent legs;
a common rotating support structure for supporting solar panels at a common orientation with respect to the truss foundation; and
a pair of linear actuators attached at a first end to respective ones of the legs and connected at a second end to opposing end portions of a torque arm so that concerted actuation of the actuators causes the plurality of solar panels to rotate in substantial unity via the common rotating support structure, wherein as an angle of the solar panels with respect to horizontal becomes greater, an axis through the center of at least one of the pair of linear actuators becomes relatively more aligned with the leg it is attached to.