WO2020227756A1 - Agencement de support de toit de bâtiment - Google Patents

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WO2020227756A1
WO2020227756A1 PCT/AU2020/000041 AU2020000041W WO2020227756A1 WO 2020227756 A1 WO2020227756 A1 WO 2020227756A1 AU 2020000041 W AU2020000041 W AU 2020000041W WO 2020227756 A1 WO2020227756 A1 WO 2020227756A1
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  • the field is building roof support arrangements for use with solar energy collection panels to form a roof or part of a roof structure.
  • Solar energy can be transformed into electrical energy using suitable materials in the form of a solar collection panel.
  • the panel may comprise layers of amorphous silicon typically applied to a glass superstate (sometimes a substrate) and additional layers of metals (for example, titanium, silver, aluminium, etc.).
  • the amorphous silicon layer may consist of various conductive oxides being variously doped. Certain of the layers are the positive and others the negative of an electrical circuit that generates current when impinged upon by light from the sun (solar energy).
  • the electric direct current generated can be used immediately or can be stored for later use or the current and voltage output of the solar energy collection panel can be concurrently converted to provide electrical power, typically alternating current power.
  • PV panels There is however a common feature in most PV panels and that is, they are generally encased in a frame, and it is the frame which is known to have some issues.
  • the frame must be carefully shaped, constructed and interfaced with the panel, as it is a characteristic of some frames to retain water that falls on the frame or that collects as condensation on the upper and but generally the lower surfaces of the panel (lower referring to the closer to the ground surface of an installed solar panel). This accumulation of water can adversely affect the adhesive failure of the protective layers of the solar panel.
  • an I-beam frame assembly for supporting a solar panel, the solar panel having a four-sided fame; the I-beam frame member comprising:
  • the upper portion of the I-beam body having at least two walls protruding away from the upper surface of the upper portion of the I-beam body and the height of the two walls is a portion of the width of a side of the frame of the solar panel, and at least one solar panel frame support protrusion shaped to form a channel below the solar panel frame support protrusion, and wherein at least one solar panel frame support protrusion is located on the upper surface of each frame support protrusion located laterally of each of the two walls and running longitudinally along the upper surface of the upper portion of the elongate I-beam; and
  • an elongate top cap having at least one elongate depending protrusion adapted to pass between the two walls located on the upper portion of the I-beam body and a lower surface of an upper portion of the top cap extends laterally from the depending protrusion
  • the elongate top cap is located such that the elongate depending protrusion passes between the two walls located on the upper portion of the I- beam body to support a respective portion of a side of the frame of the solar panel.
  • the solar panel has a four sided frame and each side of the frame having an upper and lower surface defining a width of the frame, so that the supported solar panel can form the surface of a roof or the like of a structure when supported by the support member, and there is at least two elongate planar cover panels each cover panel having two edges, each cover panel adapted to be supported by the support member, the support member comprising:
  • an elongate frame element having an I-beam shape
  • the I-beam shape including a) a generally flat elongate base having a substantially planar surface and edges, each edge adapted to receive one of the two edges of a respective one of the two cover panels;
  • a profiled elongate upper surface having two edges, each edge adapted to receive one of the two edges of a respective one of the two cover panels; and the profiled upper surface having two sides each side having at least one panel frame support protrusion shaped to support the underside of the frame of a solar panel on an upper surface of the panel frame support protrusion, and under the panel frame support protrusion a channel formed to accumulate water and run that accumulated water along the elongate frame element to a free end thereof, and at least two spaced protrusions which extend outward of the upper surface and extend a length which is at least the width of the solar panel frame; and
  • an elongate cap section having:
  • the elongate frame element may not extend the full length of the framed solar panel.
  • Figure 1 depicts an end-view of a cross-section of an embodiment of a support member
  • Figure 2 depicts a cross-sectional and perspective view of an embodiment of an elongate support member as depicted in Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 depicts an end view of a cross-section of an embodiment of a support member assembly and added cover panels and a phantom illustration of a framed solar panel (one on each side of the support member);
  • Figure 4 depicts a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a protrusion or profiled upper surface of an elongate frame element as depicted in circle A in Figure 1;
  • Figure 5 depicts a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a lip formed on an edge portion of the body of a support member to support cover panels as also depicted in circle B in Figure 1;
  • Figure 6 depicts an end view of a shade structure having a flat roof formed of solar panels which are supported by multiple of an embodiment of an elongate frame element;
  • Figure 7 depicts a plan view of a shade structure of Figure 6 having a flat roof formed of solar panels supported by multiple of an embodiment of an elongate frame element;
  • Figure 8 depicts an underside perspective view of a shade structure having a flat roof formed of solar panels supported by multiple of an embodiment of an elongate frame element
  • Figure 9 depicts an underside side perspective view of a shade structure having a flat roof formed of solar panels supported by multiple of an embodiment of an elongate frame element
  • Figure 10 depicts an underside perspective view of a shade structure having two flat roofs formed of solar panels supported by multiple of an embodiment of an elongate frame element;
  • Figure 1 1 depicts an underside side perspective view of a shade structure having two flat roofs formed of solar panels supported by multiple of an embodiment of an elongate frame element;
  • Figure 12 depicts a top perspective view of a shade structure having two flat roofs formed of solar panels supported by multiple of an embodiment of an elongate frame element.
  • the present disclosure may use the term “comprise” (open-ended) or “consist essentially of’ the components of the present disclosure as well as other methods or elements described herein.
  • “comprising” means the elements recited, or their equivalent in structure or function, plus any other element or elements which are not recited.
  • the terms “having” and “including” are also to be construed as open-ended unless the context suggests otherwise.
  • “consisting essentially of’ means that the claimed arrangement, method and system may include ingredients in addition to those recited in the claim, but only if the additional ingredients do not materially alter the basic and novel characteristics as claimed.
  • the term "and/or" when used in a list of two or more items means that any one of the listed characteristics can be present, or any combination of two or more of the listed characteristics can be present.
  • the feature can contain feature A alone; B alone; C alone; A and B in combination; A and C in combination; B and C in combination; or A, B, and C in combination.
  • Figure 1 depicts an end-view of a cross-section of an embodiment of a support member which is preferably made of aluminium but can be of any other suitable material, recognising that the support member is a structural part of a structure, typically but not exclusively a roof structure. Therefore, the support member will be subject to various dead and live loads and need to provide its required support function for many years in a variety of environmental conditions.
  • One or more of the design criteria listed and others not mentioned herein will determine, for the person skilled in such design, what material is best suited to a particular set of design criteria. Consequently, a particular grade of aluminium may be more suited to a set of criteria than another, or another material altogether may be better suited.
  • aluminium is suitable for a wide range of structural design criteria and is readily manufactured in long lengths.
  • the typical length of the elongate support member to be manufactured and then transportable is 6 meters.
  • the shape of the support member is generally of an I-shape. Meaning that there is at least one upper support arm/portion (but generally two) separated from at least one lower support arm/portion (but generally two), and that the separation is created by a support column between the upper and lower portions at least along a portion of the elongate support member. It may be that the support column is located along the majority of the length of the support member, but it may be that the support column is arranged to be provided along only portions of the length, so that in one example, there is a support column for a predetermined length and then there is a space where there is no or only part of a structure, which lies intermediate the portions of support column.
  • the structural requirement of the support member may not require that the support column exist along the full length of the support member.
  • the support column may also comprise two walls or a single wall extending between the upper and lower support arm/s.
  • Figure 1 depicts that the support column has two walls 132 and 134.
  • That there can be more than the generally two support arms/portions is an indication of the possibility that there can be more than two supports provided for one or more framed solar panels.
  • Figure 1 depicts an I-beam frame assembly that can support at least a portion of one side of a four-sided framed solar panel 102.
  • the outer outline of a solar panel frame is shown using dotted lines to merely illustrate the outer dimensions of the frame and shown only as a portion of the frame to provide an example of the location of a solar panel in spatial relation to the I-beam frame assembly.
  • the solar panel will generally have a construction of the type described earlier in this specification, the common feature of which is a generally rectangular frame surrounding and supporting the solar panel elements.
  • the I-beam frame assembly of the embodiment depicted in Figure 1 is depicted as having an I-beam body 100 and a top cap 300 as depicted in Figure 3. The depiction in Figure 1 does not illustrate that the I-beam is elongate, but that is illustrated in Figure 2.
  • the I-beam body 100 has an upper portion 110 (as indicted using a curly bracket) and lower portion 120 (as indicted using a curly bracket) that are spaced apart by an elongate laterally orientated column 130, which in this embodiment is formed by two support walls 132 and 134 having two strengthening formations 136 and 138 fixed or made as extensions or projections of the inner portions of the two walls.
  • the column 130 is a solid structure.
  • the column may have multiple walls and multiple strengthening elements between the walls.
  • the two formations 136 and 138 located between and connected to the two support walls are C-shaped and can be used to provide a channel for electrical or data communication cables, or a conduit and possibly other components that are best installed within the confines of the walls of the column, for advantageous security and environmental reasons.
  • the upper portion of the I-beam body 100 has at least two abutment walls 140 and 142 protruding away from the upper surface 144 of the upper portion 110 of the I-beam body 100.
  • the height of the two abutment walls 140 and 142 is at least the width of a side of the frame of the solar panel 102. The height requirement is not strictly required.
  • top cap 300 (as depicted in Figure 3), to encase at least a portion of a frame of a solar panel which allows for at least a part of the height of the framed solar panel 102 to lie against (abut) the abutment wall, since if there is only partial abutment, then the top cap 300 will still prevent, in use, upward movement of the framed solar panel relative to the upper portion of the I-beam body 100.
  • a preferable feature of the I-beam body 100 and in particular the upper portion 110 of the I- beam body is that there is at least one support surface 150 provided on a protrusion 152 on at least one side of an abutment wall 140 on the upper portion.
  • the support surface is in one embodiment substantially flat along the length of the elongate I-beam body, shaped so as to provide a surface on which the substantially flat side surface of at least a portion of a framed solar panel 102 is supported.
  • the surface could also be provided one or more sharp ridges or protrusions, so as to protrude or key into the frame of the solar panel or a seal as is described herein.
  • a channel 156 there are two such supports surfaces 150 and between those support surfaces is a channel 156.
  • the channel is useable to receive a portion of a seal (preferably of neoprene material) which is secured within the channel and extends above the channel to, in use, support the frame of the framed solar panel 102 (shown in phantom on the other side of the upper portion for illustrative purposes).
  • the seal arrangement is optional since a seal of another configuration may be formed on the framed solar panel instead and may merely rest on the support surface/s 150, and which could then be keyed into the one or more protrusions as described previously.
  • Another surface of at least a portion of a framed solar panel 102 can abut a side wall of the abutment wall (either 140 or 142).
  • the mention of at least a portion of the frame of a framed solar panel being supported arises from the possibility that the elongate I-beam body only supports a portion of the length of the respective side of the framed solar panel, although in preference it will support the whole length of the framed solar panel.
  • the protrusion 152 is also shaped to form a channel 154.
  • the channel is located below the solar panel frame support protrusion and is useful for the passage of water from where it enters the channel to an open end of the channel at a free end of the elongate I-beam body.
  • Each of the frame support protrusions 152 is located laterally of each of the two abutment walls 132 and 134 and runs longitudinally along the upper surface of the upper portion 110 of the elongate I-beam body 100 as depicted in Figure 2 which illustrates an I-beam member of indefinite length.
  • a top cap 300 located on and over the two abutment walls 140 and 142 of the I-beam body forming, in use, a support frame assembly.
  • the elongate top cap 300 (depicted in Figure 3) has, in the embodiment depicted in Figure 3, two elongate depending protrusions 332 and 334, wherein the elongate depending protrusions are adapted by way of at least shape, size and spacing, to pass between the two abutment walls 140 and 142 located on the upper portion of the I-beam body.
  • a top cap (not depicted) there could be only one depending protrusion which is solid or internally framed such that the depending portion fits totally within the space between the two abutment walls.
  • the top cap When the top cap is in place and secured, the top cap not only provides securement of the framed solar panel, but it also provides water proofing of the area about the now joined adjacent framed solar panels, along the full length of the elongate support frame member, when part of a created roof structure.
  • the top cap can be added to by the use of an elongate seal member or the use of silicon based sealing gel.
  • the material of the top cap could be aluminium or it could be suitably strong plastic, such as, for example, UV stabilised Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS).
  • the top cap 300 has a depending surface 340 of an upper portion 310 of the top cap.
  • the upper portion extends laterally each side of the elongate protrusions 332 and 334 and depending (in use) from the top cap are two protrusions 350 and 352 that create a channel 354.
  • the channel is useable to receive a portion of a seal (preferably of neoprene material) which is secured within the channel and extends below the channel to, in use, abut the upper surface of the frame of the framed solar panel 102.
  • the seal arrangement is optional since a seal of another configuration may be formed on the framed solar panel instead and which may merely abut the protrusions 350 and 352.
  • a portion of a side of the frame of a solar panel 102 abuts the support surface 150 ( Figure 1) of a frame support protrusion 152 ( Figure 1) on the upper portion of the I-beam body 100 as well, in use, a side wall of one of the abutment walls 140 or 142.
  • the elongate top cap 300 will be located such that, in the embodiment depicted in Figure 3, the elongate depending protrusions 332 and 334 pass between the two abutment walls.
  • the elongate depending protrusions 332 and 334 may not be as deep as the two abutment walls 140 or 142.
  • the combination of an upper portion 310 of the top cap 300 and an upper portion 110 of the I-beam 100 body and a respective portion of sidewalls of the framed solar panel 102 provide an encasement of at least a portion of the frame that can be fixed once the top cap is fixed with respect to the I-beam body. Before the top cap is fixed it is possible to install wiring or other fixtures within any cavity provided within the depending protrusions 332 and 334.
  • a fixing arrangement used to fix the top cap 300 to the I-beam body 100 which is (not shown) a self tapping screw that can be drilled through the upper surface of the top cap 300 and into the upper surface 144 of the I-beam, wherein the upper surface used is located between the abutment walls 140 or 142.
  • the fixing of the top cap to the I-beam can apply a force to at least a portion of a frame 102 of the solar panel at least along one side to assist securement of the frame to the I-beam body.
  • Figure 3 also depicts an optional use of two elongated cover panels 360, which when fitted to the I-beam body 100, will provide a clean and aesthetic appearance to the structural support frame member assembly.
  • the support frame assembly looks like it matches the support of the framed solar panels as part of a structure, in an embodiment, a roof structure.
  • Each cover panel has an engagement lip 362 located along the longitudinal edges of the panel.
  • the engagement lip is sized and shaped to fit over an edge formation 364 ( Figures 4 and 5) located on the upper portion 110 and lower portion 120 of the I-beam body 100.
  • the edge formations are depicted in greater detail in Figure 4 and Figure 5 which depict an expanded view the circled regions A and B of Figure 1.
  • the size of the engagement lip on the cover panel and its location on the cover panel is such that once the engagement lips are located over respective edge formations, the cover panel completely covers the side of the I- beam that lies below the then fitted framed solar panel/s.
  • the cover panels may be fitted for aesthetic reasons, but an advantage of the use of cover panels, fitted in the manner described, is that they are difficult to remove without knowledge about how they were attached and the need for an appropriate tool. It is also possible for the cover panels to be fixed, by way of a screw (preferably a security type screw, since the head of the screw may still be exposed), alternatively by an adhesive or any another suitable fixing means.
  • modules such as an electric current converter/transformer, batteries, solar panel interconnection cables, and other modules such as the electrical modules to support a local WiFi connection capability or a modem or router, wireless or wired, to receive and transmit digital data (recognising that there will likely be an exposed antenna to provide the WiFi component of an installation and any antenna requirement of a cellular modem to support the WiFi functionality described.
  • the material from which the cover panels 360 can be made is a matter of choice to suit the structure, in an embodiment the material is aluminium, since it is light, readily manufactured in lengths to suit the various structural support member assemblies and can be cut to suit any particular length of the finished and installed support member assembly. Aluminium can also be coated by various techniques to suit various environmental conditions, and can also be coloured to suit a particular aesthetic for the structure. Various coatings and colours can be used or other materials chosen for the cover panels. Different coloured cover panels can be used on adjacent support member assemblies that are part of the same structure.
  • FIG. 6 to 12 illustrate examples of various structures constructed using various embodiments of a support frame assembly.
  • Figure 6 depicts an end view of a shade structure 600 having a flat roof of solar panels 102 (not shown) supported by an embodiment of multiple support frame member assemblies (100 and 300).
  • the support frame member is supported by a post 630 and side view of which is provided in Figure 6; there are other posts (not shown) supporting the solar panel roof structure along the length of the shade structure.
  • Figure 7 depicts a top plan view of the shade structure of Figure 6 having a flat roof of solar panels supported by an embodiment of multiple elongate frame elements.
  • This transparent view of the structure reveals a structural member 620, of which there are three, and each structural member 620 is supported on a post 630.
  • the structural members 620 in turn support structural rafter members 640 that are positioned to support multiple support frame member assemblies (100 and 300).
  • the structural rafter members run the length of the shade structure while the solar panels supported and fixed in place by the support frame assemblies run from the sides to the centre of the shade structure or the full width of the shade structure. The length of the support frame assemblies dictates whether it spans the full or only the half width of the shade structure.
  • the solar panels have a fixed length and width, so it is possible for more than one solar panel to be fitted along the elongate length of the support frame assembly.
  • Figure 7 does not depict how many solar panels are fitted across the width of the shade structure, but by way of example, it could be 4 solar panels arrayed from side-to-side of the shade structure. Guttering is displayed, but that may or may not be required. Not shown in detail are the gaps left at the ends of each of the I-beam bodies, to allow for any water that is collected and communicated through the channels 154 located on each side of the upper portion 110 of the I-beam body 100, to be released from the channel, possibly into the gutter.
  • Figure 8 depicts an underside perspective view of the shade structure of Figures 6 and 7 having a flat roof of solar panels supported by an embodiment of multiple elongate frame elements (100, 300).
  • Figure 9 depicts an underside side perspective view of the same shade structure depicted in Figure 8 having a flat roof of solar panels supported by an embodiment of multiple elongate frame elements (100, 300).
  • Figure 10 depicts an underside perspective view of a shade structure having two flat roofs of solar panels supported by an embodiment of multiple elongate frame elements (100,300) where the two roofs are sloped towards a central gutter.
  • the use of a slightly different support frame work to that disclosed in Figures 6 to 9 is shown, but the main difference is the angles of the frame elements that support the lateral rafter structural members 640.
  • Figure 11 depicts an underside side perspective view of a shade structure as depicted in Figure 10 having two flat roofs of solar panels supported by an embodiment of multiple elongate frame elements (100, 300).
  • Figure 12 depicts a top perspective view of a shade structure as depicted in Figures 10 and 11 having two flat roofs of solar panels supported by an embodiment of multiple elongate frame elements (100, 300).

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L'invention concerne un ensemble cadre à profilé en I permettant de supporter un panneau solaire. Un panneau solaire comportant un cadre à quatre côtés est supporté par l'élément de cadre à profilé en I le long d'au moins un côté du panneau solaire. Le profilé en I possède un corps de profilé en I allongé muni de parties supérieure et inférieure qui sont espacées par une colonne allongée orientée latéralement. La partie supérieure du corps de profilé en I comporte au moins deux parois faisant saillie à l'opposé de la surface supérieure de la partie supérieure du corps de profilé en I et la hauteur des deux parois correspond à une partie de la largeur d'un côté du cadre du panneau solaire. Au moins une saillie de support de cadre de panneau solaire est conçue pour former un canal sous la saillie de support de cadre de panneau solaire. La ou les saillies de support de cadre de panneau solaire sont situées sur la surface supérieure de chaque saillie de support de cadre située latéralement par rapport à chacune des deux parois et s'étendant longitudinalement le long de la surface supérieure de la partie supérieure du profilé en I allongé. Un capuchon supérieur allongé comprenant au moins une saillie dépendante allongée conçue pour passer entre les deux parois situées sur la partie supérieure du corps de poutre en I et une surface inférieure d'une partie supérieure du capuchon supérieur s'étend latéralement à partir de la saillie dépendante. Lorsqu'une partie d'un côté du cadre du panneau solaire vient en butée contre la surface supérieure d'une saillie de support de cadre sur la partie supérieure du corps de profilé en I, le capuchon supérieur allongé est situé de telle sorte que la saillie dépendante allongée passe entre les deux parois situées sur la partie supérieure du corps de profilé en I pour supporter une partie respective d'un côté du cadre du panneau solaire.
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