MODULAR STRUCTURAL MEMBERS FOR ASSEMBLY OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY

• Main Authors: KINARD, RICHARD, DALE, MC QUADE, MICHAEL, ROBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.09.2009
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS,e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USERAPPLICATIONS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERATION; GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-REDRADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USINGPHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RANGES; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

An article having an elongated plastic member characterized by a length to diameter ratio of at least 10, wherein the member has an exterior and a hollow interior. An electrical conductor having connectable terminations enclosed within the hollow interior, and a plurality of plastic appendages, spaced longitudinally along the exterior, attached thereto and extending away therefrom, the plastic appendages being characterized by a length to diameter ratio of less than 25. Articles comprenant un élément allongé en plastique caractérisé par un rapport longueur sur diamètre d'au moins 10. Cet élément a un intérieur creux et un extérieur. Un conducteur électrique présente des extrémités raccordables situées dans l'intérieur creux et une pluralité d'appendices en plastique espacés de manière longitudinale le long de l'extérieur.