PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15997668
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["136", "246000"]

Abstract:
A single axis tracker system including at least one photovoltaic panel, a mounting structure, and a tracker control system. The tracker control system being attached to the at least one photovoltaic panel and to the mounting structure so as to apply torque to the at least one photovoltaic panel to rotate the at least one photovoltaic panel into an allowable orientation. A wind tracking device is coupled to the single axis tracker system and connected to the tracker control system. The wind tracking device determines current wind speed and direction information and couples the wind speed and direction information to an algorithm in the tracker control system. The algorithm uses the wind speed and direction information to calculate an allowable photovoltaic panel orientation for the current conditions.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of controlling a single axis tracker system to allow a structural design presenting minimal wind loading for lower structural requirements and lighter weight overall structure than existing single axis solar trackers, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing at least one photovoltaic panel, a mounting structure, and a tracker control system attached to the at least one photovoltaic panel and to the mounting structure, the tracker control system being coupled to apply torque to the at least one photovoltaic panel to rotate the at least one photovoltaic panel into allowable orientations; providing a wind tracking device, coupling the wind tracking device to the single axis tracker system, and connecting the wind tracking device to the tracker control system, the wind tracking device determining current wind speed and direction information and coupling the wind speed and direction information to an algorithm in the tracker control system, the algorithm using the wind speed and direction information to calculate allowable photovoltaic panel orientations; allowable photovoltaic panel orientations of the at least one photovoltaic panel and attached tracker control system include a stow orientation for the at least one photovoltaic panel, the tracker control system rotating the at least one photovoltaic panel into the stow orientation when the wind tracking device determines current wind speed in excess of an operational limit; and allowable photovoltaic panel orientations include operating the at least one photovoltaic panel and attached tracker control system in a fully sun tracking mode under fair weather conditions, that is at wind speeds less than the operational limit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14765600', '16097289', '15387151', '15199887', '14961800']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7551778822268896
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.504416334200746
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7301017274242753
- Mean Citation Score: 216.731146
- Max Citation Score: 232.8291
- Similarity Product: 159.78268243618012

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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