CN221081208U - Solar panel adjusting device - Google Patents

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CN221081208U
CN221081208U CN202321679809.2U CN202321679809U CN221081208U CN 221081208 U CN221081208 U CN 221081208U CN 202321679809 U CN202321679809 U CN 202321679809U CN 221081208 U CN221081208 U CN 221081208U
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The application provides a solar power generation plate adjusting device, and belongs to the technical field of solar power generation plates. The solar panel adjusting device comprises a main body structure and an adjusting structure. The main structure comprises a placing part and a supporting piece, wherein the bottom end of the placing part is hinged with the top end of the supporting piece, the adjusting structure comprises a first adjusting piece and a second adjusting piece, the first adjusting piece is placed on the ground, the top end of the first adjusting piece is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the outer wall of the supporting piece, and the two ends of the second adjusting piece are respectively fixedly connected with the bottom of the placing part and the side wall of the supporting piece.

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Solar panel adjusting device
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of solar power generation panels, in particular to a solar power generation panel adjusting device.
Background
Solar panels are devices that directly or indirectly convert solar radiation energy into electrical energy through the photoelectric effect or photochemical effect by absorbing sunlight, and most of solar panels are mainly made of silicon, but have certain limitations due to the large manufacturing cost. Compared with a common battery and a recyclable rechargeable battery, the solar battery belongs to a green product with more energy conservation and environmental protection.
At present, the solar cell panel of current needs to use the support to support solar cell panel, for example the solar cell panel support (China, authorized bulletin day 20230321) of current publication number CN218678971U, in the above-mentioned scheme, including the backup pad, the one end fixedly connected with carriage of backup pad, the inside rotation of carriage is connected with the threaded rod, one side fixedly connected with first slide rail of threaded rod is kept away from to the inside of carriage, the first rubber pad of both ends fixedly connected with of threaded rod and first slide rail, the one end fixedly connected with servo motor of threaded rod, servo motor and carriage fixed connection, the outer wall screw thread connection of threaded rod has first movable block, first slide rail and first movable block sliding connection. This solar panel support sets up through the cooperation between threaded rod, first slide rail, servo motor, first movable block, link, cleaning brush and the cleaning block, starts servo motor and just can clean solar panel's surface, makes things convenient for solar panel to solar energy's absorption. However, the above scheme still has certain defects, and the inventor has found that. The solar cell panel is not easy to adjust by the support, and further the solar cell panel cannot be adjusted according to the actual change of the sun illumination angle.
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In order to make up for the defects, the application provides a solar power generation panel adjusting device, which aims to solve the problems that the bracket is not easy to adjust a solar power generation panel and the solar power generation panel cannot be adjusted according to the actual change of the sun illumination angle.
The embodiment of the application provides a solar panel adjusting device which comprises a main body structure and an adjusting structure.
The main structure comprises a placing part and a supporting piece, wherein the bottom end of the placing part is hinged to the top end of the supporting piece, the adjusting structure comprises a first adjusting piece and a second adjusting piece, the first adjusting piece is placed on the ground, the top end of the first adjusting piece is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the outer wall of the supporting piece, and two ends of the second adjusting piece are respectively fixedly connected with the bottom of the placing part and the side wall of the supporting piece.
In a specific embodiment, the first regulating part comprises a base, a mounting seat, a first gear of a bearing, a second gear, an L-shaped supporting rod, a servo motor and a cylinder, wherein the base is placed on the ground, the surface of the first regulating part is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the mounting seat, the bottom of the bearing is attached to the surface of the base, the outer wall of the bearing is coupled with the inner wall of the mounting seat, the inner ring of the bearing is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cylinder, the inner ring of the first gear is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cylinder, the second gear is meshed with the first gear, the bottom end of the L-shaped supporting rod is fixedly connected with one end of the surface of the base, the fixed end of the servo motor is fixedly connected with the top of the L-shaped supporting rod, and the output end of the servo motor penetrates through the surface of the L-shaped supporting rod to be fixedly connected with the second gear, and the bottom end of the cylinder is attached to the surface of the base.
In a specific embodiment, the second adjusting member includes an electric telescopic rod and two hinge lugs, two ends of the electric telescopic rod are hinged to two opposite ends of the hinge lugs, and two opposite ends of the hinge lugs are fixedly connected to the side wall of the supporting member and one end of the bottom of the placement portion.
In a specific embodiment, the placement portion includes a frame and a cross plate, the inner wall of the frame is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the cross plate, and the bottom end of the cross plate is fixedly connected to the top end of the supporting member.
In a specific embodiment, the support piece comprises an inverted U-shaped block and a support rod, wherein the top end of the inverted U-shaped block is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the cross plate, the inner wall of the inverted U-shaped block is provided with a plug-in column, the side wall of the support rod is provided with a plug-in hole, the bottom end of the support rod is fixedly connected with the surface of the cylinder, and the outer wall of the plug-in column is hinged with the inner wall of the plug-in hole.
In a specific embodiment, the main body structure further comprises a clamping member, wherein the fixed end of the clamping member is fixedly connected with the side wall of the frame, and the clamping end is positioned on the surface of the frame.
In a specific embodiment, the clamping piece comprises four fixing blocks, four clamping plates, four fixing screws and four nuts, wherein the four fixing block fixing ends are fixedly connected with two ends of the side wall of the frame respectively, the four clamping plates are placed on two sides of the surface of the frame, holes are formed in the surfaces of the clamping plates, and the bottom ends of the four fixing screws penetrate through the four holes and the four fixing block surfaces respectively and are fixedly connected with the four nuts.
In a specific embodiment, the main body structure further comprises a solar panel body, the bottom end of the solar panel body is attached to the surface of the placement portion, and the surface of the solar panel body is coupled with the inner walls of the four clamping plates.
The beneficial effects are that: the application provides a solar panel adjusting device, which is characterized in that the bottom end of a first adjusting piece is placed on the ground, the top end of the first adjusting piece is welded with the bottom end of a supporting piece, the first adjusting piece is utilized to rotate a placement part hinged to the top end of the supporting piece, a servo motor is started to drive a second gear to rotate, the second gear drives a first gear meshed with the second gear to rotate, a cylinder installed on an inner ring of a bearing is driven to rotate, the facing angle of a solar panel body can be adjusted, two ends of the second adjusting piece are respectively welded with the side wall of the supporting piece and one end of the bottom of the placement part, the angle between the placement part and the ground can be adjusted by utilizing the second adjusting piece, and the two ends of the placement part are hinged to the opposite ends of two hinge lugs by taking the top end of the supporting piece as an axial point.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being understood that the following drawings only illustrate some examples of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and other related drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a solar panel adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of a placement portion according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a clamping member according to an embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a part of a marking structure of a solar panel adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present application.
In the figure: 10-a main body structure; 110-a placement section; 120-support; 130-a clamping member; 140-solar panel body; 20-an adjustment structure; 210-a first adjustment member; 220-a second adjustment member; 211-a base; 212-a mounting base; 213-bearings; 214-a first gear; 215-a second gear; 216-L-shaped support bars; 217-servo motor; 218-cylinder; 221-an electric telescopic rod; 222-hinge ears; 111-frame; 112-cross plate; 121-an inverted U-shaped block; 122-supporting rods; 131-a fixed block; 132—a clamping plate; 133-fixing the screw; 134-nut.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1, the present application provides a solar panel adjusting device, which includes a main structure 10 and an adjusting structure 20.
The main structure 10 is used for clamping the solar panel body 140, and the adjusting structure 20 is used for adjusting an angle of the solar panel body 140 facing the sun.
Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the main structure 10 includes a placement portion 110 and a supporting member 120, wherein the bottom end of the placement portion 110 is hinged to the top end of the supporting member 120, and an axial point can be formed by hinging the bottom end of the placement portion 110 to the top end of the supporting member 120, so that the placement portion 110 is convenient to support the solar panel body 140, and the supporting member 120 is used to support and fix the placement portion 110.
In a specific embodiment, the placement portion 110 includes a frame 111 and a cross plate 112, the inner wall of the frame 111 is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cross plate 112, the bottom end of the cross plate 112 is fixedly connected with the top end of the supporting member 120, wherein the purpose of supporting the solar panel body 140 is achieved by welding the inside of the frame 111 with the outer wall of the cross plate 112, and the heat dissipation of the solar panel body 140 is facilitated.
In a specific embodiment, the supporting member 120 includes an inverted U-shaped block 121 and a supporting rod 122, the top end of the inverted U-shaped block 121 is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the cross plate 112, the inner wall is provided with a plugging column, the side wall of the supporting rod 122 is provided with a plugging hole, the bottom end of the supporting rod is fixedly connected with the surface of the cylinder 218, the outer wall of the plugging column is hinged with the inner wall of the plugging hole, wherein the bottom end of the inverted U-shaped block 121 is welded with the bottom of the cross plate 112, the bottom end of the supporting rod 122 is welded with the surface of the cylinder 218, the supporting rod 122 can be utilized to support the stable placing portion 110, and the outer wall of the plugging column is attached to the inner wall of the plugging hole to form an axial point, so that the placing portion 110 can be turned over conveniently.
In a specific embodiment, the main structure 10 further includes a clamping member 130, where a fixed end of the clamping member 130 is fixedly connected to a side wall of the frame 111, and the clamping end is located on a surface of the frame 111, and the solar panel body 140 can be clamped on the surface of the placement portion 110 by using the clamping member 130 welded to the side wall of the frame 111.
In a specific embodiment, the clamping member 130 includes four fixing blocks 131, four clamping plates 132, four fixing screws 133 and four nuts 134, the fixing ends of the four fixing blocks 131 are fixedly connected with two ends of the side wall of the frame 111 respectively, the four clamping plates 132 are placed on two sides of the surface of the frame 111, holes are formed in the surfaces, the bottoms of the four fixing screws 133 penetrate through the four holes and the surfaces of the four fixing blocks 131 respectively and are fixedly connected with the four nuts 134, wherein the fixing blocks 131 are welded on the side wall of the fixing blocks 131, the purpose of fixing the whole clamping member 130 is achieved, rubber pads self-contained at the bottoms of the clamping plates 132 are attached to the surface of the solar power generation panel body 140, and the fixing screws 133 are conveniently connected with the surfaces of the fixing blocks 131 through holes and the nuts 134 in a threaded mode, so that the solar power generation panel body 140 is clamped by the clamping plates 132.
In a specific embodiment, the main structure 10 further includes a solar panel body 140, the bottom end of the solar panel body 140 is attached to the surface of the placement portion 110, and the surface is coupled to the inner walls of the four clamping plates 132, where the solar panel body 140 is clamped and fixed on the surface of the placement portion 110 by the clamping member 130 through the attachment of the surface of the placement portion 110 to the bottom of the solar panel body 140, so that the solar panel body 140 can be utilized to convert solar heat energy into electric energy.
Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the adjusting structure 20 includes a first adjusting member 210 and a second adjusting member 220, the first adjusting member 210 is disposed on the ground, the top end is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the outer wall of the supporting member 120, two ends of the second adjusting member 220 are respectively fixedly connected with the bottom of the placing portion 110 and one end of the side wall of the supporting member 120, wherein the bottom end of the first adjusting member 210 is disposed on the ground, the top end is welded with the bottom end of the supporting member 120, the placing portion 110 hinged to the top end of the supporting member 120 can be rotated by using the first adjusting member 210, the second gear 215 is driven to rotate by starting the servo motor 217, the second gear 215 drives the first gear 214 engaged with the second gear 215 to rotate, the cylinder 218 mounted on the inner ring of the bearing 213 is driven to rotate, the facing angle of the solar power generating panel body 140 can be adjusted, two ends of the second adjusting member 220 are respectively welded with one end of the side wall of the supporting member 120, the angle between the placing portion 110 and the ground can be adjusted by using the second adjusting member 220, the hinge position of the bottom of the supporting member 120 at the top end of the supporting member 120 is an axis point, and the hinge angle between two ends of the hinge ends and the solar power generating panel 140 can be reached by starting the electric lever 221 to rotate relative to the hinge angle between the two ends of the solar panel 140 and the opposite to the ground.
In a specific embodiment, the first adjusting member 210 includes a base 211, a mounting seat 212, a first gear 214 of a bearing 213, a second gear 215, an L-shaped supporting rod 216, a servo motor 217 and a cylinder 218, wherein the base 211 is placed on the ground, the surface is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the mounting seat 212, the bottom of the bearing 213 is in surface fit with the base 211, the outer wall is coupled with the inner wall of the mounting seat 212, and the inner ring is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cylinder 218, the inner ring of the first gear 214 is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cylinder 218, the second gear 215 is meshed with the first gear 214, the bottom end of the L-shaped supporting rod 216 is fixedly connected with one end of the surface of the base 211, the fixed end of the servo motor 217 is fixedly connected with the top of the L-shaped supporting rod 216, the output end penetrates through the surface of the L-shaped supporting rod 216 and is fixedly connected with the second gear 215, the bottom end of the cylinder 218 is in surface fit with the base 211, wherein the bottom end of the cylinder 218 is welded with the bottom of the mounting seat 212, the purpose of supporting the adjusting device is achieved, the outer wall of the bearing 213 is in solution fit with the inner wall of the mounting seat 212, and the inner ring is welded with the inner wall of the cylinder 218, the inner ring is convenient for the cylinder 218 to rotate, the bottom end of the L-shaped supporting rod 216 is in the characteristic of the bearing 213, the inner ring is in the fixed connection, the inner wall of the cylinder is, the base 216 is conveniently, the surface of the base 211, the base 217 is fixedly connected with the top of the cylinder 216, the top surface of the cylinder, and the top end of the cylinder 216 and the support plate, the support plate is, the bottom surface is and the bottom surface of the support rod 216 and the support rod and the bottom end and the support rod 218 is can rotate can and the output through the output can rotate by the second gear and drive and the output.
In a specific embodiment, the second adjusting member 220 includes an electric telescopic rod 221 and two hinge lugs 222, two ends of the electric telescopic rod 221 are hinged to opposite ends of the two hinge lugs 222, and opposite ends of the two hinge lugs 222 are fixedly connected to a side wall of the supporting member 120 and one end of the bottom of the placement portion 110, wherein bottom ends of the two hinge lugs 222 are welded to the side wall of the supporting member 120 and the bottom of the cross plate 112, and opposite ends of the two hinge lugs are hinged to two ends of the electric telescopic rod 221, so that an angle between the solar panel body 140 and the ground can be adjusted by starting the electric telescopic rod 221.
The working principle of the solar panel adjusting device is as follows: during the use, the staff places solar panel body 140 on frame 111 and cross board 112 surface, confirm the laminating of grip block 132 inner wall and solar panel body 140 surface both sides, rethread rotates nut 134 threaded connection of fixed screw 133 and fixed block 131 bottom, can make grip block 132 centre gripping fixed solar panel body 140, at the axipoint with bracing piece 122 top and the articulated formation of inverted U-shaped piece 121 bottom, rethread starts electric telescopic handle 221 and adjusts the angle between portion 110 one end and the ground of placing, drive the rotation of second gear 215 through starting servo motor 217, and make the first gear 214 rotation that meshes with it, can drive cylinder 218 rotation, reach the angle of adjusting solar panel body 140 orientation sun.
It should be noted that, specific model specifications of the first gear 214, the second gear 215, the electric telescopic rod 221, and the servo motor 217 need to be determined by selecting a model according to an actual specification of the device, and a specific model selection calculation method adopts the prior art in the art, so that detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
The power supply of the electric telescopic rod 221, the servo motor 217 and the principle thereof will be clear to a person skilled in the art and will not be described in detail here.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the application is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present application may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the application being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.

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1. A solar panel adjusting device is characterized by comprising
The main body structure (10), wherein the main body structure (10) comprises a placing part (110) and a supporting piece (120), and the bottom end of the placing part (110) is hinged with the top end of the supporting piece (120);
The adjusting structure (20), the adjusting structure (20) comprises a first adjusting piece (210) and a second adjusting piece (220), the first adjusting piece (210) is placed on the ground, the top end of the first adjusting piece is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the outer wall of the supporting piece (120), and two ends of the second adjusting piece (220) are respectively fixedly connected with the bottom of the placing part (110) and the side wall of the supporting piece (120).
2. The solar panel adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein the first adjusting member (210) comprises a base (211), a mounting seat (212), a bearing (213) first gear (214), a second gear (215), an L-shaped supporting rod (216), a servo motor (217) and a cylinder (218), the base (211) is placed on the ground, the surface is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the mounting seat (212), the bottom of the bearing (213) is attached to the surface of the base (211), the outer wall is coupled with the inner wall of the mounting seat (212), the inner ring is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cylinder (218), the inner ring of the first gear (214) is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cylinder (218), the second gear (215) is meshed with the first gear (214), the bottom end of the L-shaped supporting rod (216) is fixedly connected with one end of the surface of the base (211), the fixed end of the servo motor (217) is fixedly connected with the top of the L-shaped supporting rod (216), and the output end penetrates through the surface of the L-shaped supporting rod (216) to be fixedly connected with the second gear (218) to the bottom end of the base (218).
3. The solar panel adjusting device according to claim 2, wherein the second adjusting member (220) comprises an electric telescopic rod (221) and two hinge lugs (222), two ends of the electric telescopic rod (221) are hinged to opposite ends of the two hinge lugs (222), and opposite ends of the two hinge lugs (222) are fixedly connected to the side wall of the supporting member (120) and one end of the bottom of the placing portion (110).
4. A solar panel adjusting device according to claim 3, wherein the placement part (110) comprises a frame (111) and a cross plate (112), the inner wall of the frame (111) is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the cross plate (112), and the bottom end of the cross plate (112) is fixedly connected with the top end of the supporting member (120).
5. The solar panel adjusting device according to claim 4, wherein the supporting member (120) comprises an inverted U-shaped block (121) and a supporting rod (122), the top end of the inverted U-shaped block (121) is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the cross plate (112), the inner wall is provided with a plugging column, the side wall of the supporting rod (122) is provided with a plugging hole, the bottom end is fixedly connected with the surface of the cylinder (218), and the outer wall of the plugging column is hinged with the inner wall of the plugging hole.
6. The solar panel adjustment device according to claim 5, wherein the main structure (10) further comprises a clamping member (130), a fixed end of the clamping member (130) is fixedly connected to a side wall of the frame (111), and a clamping end is located on a surface of the frame (111).
7. The solar panel adjusting device according to claim 6, wherein the clamping member (130) comprises four fixing blocks (131), four clamping plates (132), four fixing screws (133) and four nuts (134), the fixing ends of the four fixing blocks (131) are fixedly connected with two ends of the side wall of the frame (111) respectively, the four clamping plates (132) are placed on two sides of the surface of the frame (111), holes are formed in the surfaces, and the bottom ends of the four fixing screws (133) penetrate through the four holes and the surfaces of the four fixing blocks (131) respectively and are fixedly connected with the four nuts (134).
8. The solar panel adjustment device according to claim 7, wherein the main structure (10) further comprises a solar panel body (140), the bottom end of the solar panel body (140) is attached to the surface of the placement portion (110), and the surface is coupled to the inner walls of the four clamping plates (132).
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