Patents by Inventor Juan José MALDONADO NICOLÁS

Juan José MALDONADO NICOLÁS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230038259
    Abstract: A solar tracker provides sun tracking to solar panels, and includes several gearboxes for one single motor. In an embodiment, the solar tracker includes a torsion beam. defining a longintudinal direction of rotation and rotating the solar panels; motor, with motor shaft; first gearbox, at torsion beam at first position, and connected to motor shaft for transmitting to torsion beam rotation of motor shaft; second (Tarbox, mounted to torsion beam at second position further from motor than first position; and primary shaft, coaxial to motor shaft, and connected to second gearbox, for transmitting to second gearbox rotation of the motor shaft. Gearboxes define embedments withstanding torsion moment caused by wind loads for restricting rotation of torsion beam. It provides higher resistance to wind loads and allows for longer solar trackers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SOLTEC INNOVATIONS, S.L.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier CARPIO OBRE, Juan José MALDONADO NICOLÁS
  • Publication number: 20220325736
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a construction tube which has a circular cross section, wherein the circular cross section including two circular stretches and two flat stretches diametrically opposite from each other which define two parallel planes interrupting the circular stretches. It enables the advantages of construction tubes with a circular cross section and the advantages of tubes with a polygonal cross section to be combined. The construction tube can be joined to a connectable element, which is preferably selected from another construction tube and an output shaft of a reducer of a solar tracker, in particular, using inner parts and/or clamps. The construction tube of the invention has a special application in solar collection systems, making up a torsion shaft of a solar tracker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: SOLTEC INNOVATIONS, SL
    Inventors: Ayim Manuel DE LA FUENTE DE PABLO, Juan José MALDONADO NICOLÁS
  • Patent number: 11396445
    Abstract: Fork head for gripping thin objects having a main frame attached to a mobile element on a lifting vehicle; a mobile frame, with two fixed, parallel arms and a gripping arm that moves from and towards the fork arms to trap a thin object hanging between the two fork arms, said mobile frame being able to move horizontally along a transversal guide attached to the main frame; wherein the gripping arm has end portions superimposed on the two arms of the frame and has a length (L) in a transversal direction equal to or greater than a fork width (w) defined by the distance between the opposite outer edges of the two fork arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SOLTEC ENERGIAS RENOVABLES, SL
    Inventors: Juan José Maldonado Nicolás, Albert García Gil, Francisco Juan Almela Béjar
  • Publication number: 20210380383
    Abstract: Fork head for gripping thin objects having a main frame attached to a mobile element on a lifting vehicle; a mobile frame, with two fixed, parallel arms and a gripping arm that moves from and towards the fork arms to trap a thin object hanging between the two fork arms, said mobile frame being able to move horizontally along a transversal guide attached to the main frame; wherein the gripping arm has end portions superimposed on the two arms of the frame and has a length (L) in a transversal direction equal to or greater than a fork width (w) defined by the distance between the opposite outer edges of the two fork arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SOLTEC ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES, SL
    Inventors: Juan José MALDONADO NICOLÁS, Albert GARCÍA GIL, Francisco Juan ALMELA BÉJAR