The design is a four-corner mounting device with the ability to customize the tilt angle and height of the standoff. This enables performance optimization of the PV system for a given latitude, which is variable as RVs are geographically mobile.

• solar
• RV
• photovoltaic
• mount

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See Distributed manufacturing with 3-D printing: a case study of recreational vehicle solar photovoltaic mounting systems

Full info: Ben Wittbrodt, John Laureto, Brennan Tymrak and Joshua M Pearce. Distributed manufacturing with 3-D printing: a case study of recreational vehicle solar photovoltaic mounting systems. Journal of Frugal Innovation 1(1), 1-7 (2015). doi:10.1186/s40669-014-0001-z
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