Patents Assigned to JBC Technologies, LLC
  • Patent number: 11711049
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a lightweight, portable solar tracker assembly that has a bottom frame coupled to a rotation drive disc coupled to a rotational linear actuator and a middle frame rotatably coupled to the bottom frame via the rotation drive disc such that when activated, the middle frame rotates. The assembly further has a solar array mounting frame coupled to the middle frame and comprising a vertical linear actuator coupled to the middle frame such than when activated, the solar array mounting frame moves vertically, and when the middle frame rotates, the solar array mounting frame rotates and at least one solar cell fixedly coupled to the solar array mounting frame. In addition, the assembly has a processor configured to determine a position in a sky of a sun, actuate the vertical linear actuator and the rotational linear actuator so that the at least one solar cell is aligned with the sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: JBC Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Ralph McGinty
  • Patent number: 11264943
    Abstract: A system for tracking the sun has a bottom frame and a top frame hingedly coupled at a first end to the bottom frame. Further, the system has a solar panel removably coupled to the top frame via at least one clamp on a second end of the top frame. Also, the system has a processor configured to adjust the solar panel horizontally and vertically to align with the sun for maximum efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: JBC Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Ralph McGinty
  • Publication number: 20200321909
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a lightweight, portable solar tracker assembly that has a bottom frame coupled to a rotation drive disc coupled to a rotational linear actuator and a middle frame rotatably coupled to the bottom frame via the rotation drive disc such that when activated, the middle frame rotates. The assembly further has a solar array mounting frame coupled to the middle frame and comprising a vertical linear actuator coupled to the middle frame such than when activated, the solar array mounting frame moves vertically, and when the middle frame rotates, the solar array mounting frame rotates and at least one solar cell fixedly coupled to the solar array mounting frame. In addition, the assembly has a processor configured to determine a position in a sky of a sun, actuate the vertical linear actuator and the rotational linear actuator so that the at least one solar cell is aligned with the sun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: JBC Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Ralph McGinty