Patent ID: 9543888
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: F16B,H02S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A solar tracker system comprising: a pair of pillars: a torque tube configured between the pair of pillars; at least one glass-on-glass solar module spatially disposed between the first end of the torque tube and the second end of the torque tube, the at least one glass-on-glass solar module being configured to pivot with the torque tube in a radial direction; at least one locking spacer comprising a lower insulating region and an upper insulating region, and a spacer coupling the lower insulating region and the upper insulating region coupling the at least one of the glass-on-glass solar module to a portion of the torque tube; a recess provided in the lower insulating region of the at least one locking spacer; a polycarbonate puck configured on an edge region of the at least one glass-on-glass solar module, the polycarbonate puck being affixed to the edge region using a glue material, and configured to be sandwiched between the lower insulating region and the upper insulating region such that the polycarbonate puck is adapted to be a male member to be inserted into the recess, which acts as a female portion, of the lower insulating region to prevent the at least one glass-on-glass solar module from sliding in a planar direction that is parallel to a major surface region of the at least one glass-on-glass solar module: and wherein the at least one locking spacer is characterized by the lower insulating region having a thickness of d including a crack, to the portion of the glass material; whereupon d