A solar-panel unit is provided with: an attachment structure; at least one solar panel, which is delimited by an extensive plane surface of incidence of the solar radiation and is connected to the attachment structure; and a hinging assembly, set between the attachment structure and the solar panel,
A solar-panel unit is provided with: an attachment structure; at least one solar panel, which is delimited by an extensive plane surface of incidence of the solar radiation and is connected to the attachment structure; and a hinging assembly, set between the attachment structure and the solar panel, to enable rotation of the solar panel with respect to the attachment structure about an inclined hinge axis forming an angle smaller than 90° with a horizontal plane.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A solar-panel unit comprising: a support structure having a bottom cross bar and a top cross bar, the top cross bar being parallel to and in a raised position with respect to the bottom cross bar; and a plurality of solar panels including at least a first solar panel an
The invention claimed is: 1. A solar-panel unit comprising: a support structure having a bottom cross bar and a top cross bar, the top cross bar being parallel to and in a raised position with respect to the bottom cross bar; and a plurality of solar panels including at least a first solar panel and a second solar panel, each solar panel delimited by a plane surface of incidence of solar radiation and having a first end rotatably coupled to the bottom cross bar and a second end rotatably mounted to the top cross bar to be rotatable about an inclined rotation axis forming a substantially constant angle smaller than 90° with a respect to a horizontal plane, each of the plurality of solar panels positioned alongside at least one other laterally adjacent solar panel and having the plane surface parallel to each other, all of the rotation axes for the solar panels in the plurality being on substantially the same plane; and a first adjustment device and a second adjustment device for each solar panel wherein each solar panel includes first and second ends, the first adjustment device rotatably coupling the first end to the support structure, the second adjustment device rotatably coupling the second end to the support structure, at least one of said first and second adjustment devices having slidably coupled members, providing adjustment within a distance range, at least one of the first and second ends coupled to the corresponding one of the first and second adjustment devices and selectively fixable to the adjustment device within the distance range to form an angle of positioning different from zero between the corresponding inclined rotation axis and the surface of incidence. 2. The solar-panel unit according to claim 1, wherein the respective inclined rotation axes are respectively substantially parallel to the corresponding plane surface of incidence. 3. The solar-panel unit according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the respective inclined extends rotation axes between opposing ends of the corresponding solar panels, about which the plurality of solar panels rotate, respectively, is within the corresponding solar panel. 4. The solar-panel unit according to claim 1, wherein the at least one end is slidably coupled to the corresponding one of the first and second adjustment devices along a first axis substantially parallel to the inclined rotation axis, and a second axis substantially perpendicular to the inclined rotation axis. 5. The solar-panel unit according to claim 1, wherein each solar panel includes first and second ends, and separate first and second hinge pins, the first hinge pin rotatably coupling the first end to the support structure and the second hinge pin rotatably coupling the second end to the coupling structure, the inclined rotation axis extending from the first hinge pin to the second hinge pin. 6. The solar-panel unit according to claim 5, wherein a portion of the inclined rotation axis between the first and second ends of the corresponding solar panel about which the solar panel rotates, is within the solar panel. 7. The solar-panel unit according to claim 1, further comprising: an actuator configured to rotate all of the solar panels simultaneously about the corresponding inclined rotation axes. 8. The solar-panel unit according to claim 4, wherein the at least one end is further rotatably coupled to the corresponding one of the first and second adjustment devices along a rotation axis substantially orthogonal to the inclined rotation axis. 9. A solar-panel unit comprising: a support structure including a first cross member and a second cross member spaced from the first cross member; a plurality of solar panels including at least a first solar panel and a second solar panel, each including a surface of incidence of solar radiation, a first end, and a second end, each solar panel laterally positioned adjacent at least one other solar panel, and rotatably mounted to a first axle at its first end at the first cross member and at its second end to a second axle at the second cross member; a transmission lever coupled to each of the solar panels; a rotation assembly coupled to the transmission lever to cause each of the solar panels in the plurality to rotate about an inclined rotation axis that forms an acute angle with a horizontal plane; a first adjustment device and a second adjustment device for each solar panel wherein each solar panel includes first and second ends, the first adjustment device rotatably coupling the first end to the support structure, the second adjustment device rotatably coupling the second end to the support structure, at least one of said first and second adjustment devices having slidably coupled members, providing adjustment within a distance range, at least one of the first and second ends coupled to the corresponding one of the first and second adjustment devices and selectively fixable to the adjustment device within the distance range to form an angle of positioning different from zero between the corresponding inclined rotation axis and the surface of incidence. 10. The solar-panel unit according to claim 9 wherein the respective second ends are rotatably mounted to rotate about a second axis orthogonal to the inclined rotation axis. 11. The solar-panel unit according to claim 9, further comprising: an actuator configured to impart rotational motion to each solar panel from at least one of the first and second ends thereof, about the inclined rotation axis.
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