CN218594109U - Sunroof structure with photovoltaic board - Google Patents
Sunroof structure with photovoltaic board Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- CN218594109U CN218594109U CN202222985749.9U CN202222985749U CN218594109U CN 218594109 U CN218594109 U CN 218594109U CN 202222985749 U CN202222985749 U CN 202222985749U CN 218594109 U CN218594109 U CN 218594109U
- Authority
- CN
- China
- Prior art keywords
- wall
- cover plate
- ring
- photovoltaic panel
- loading frame
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Active
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
Landscapes
- Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
Abstract
The utility model discloses an sunroof structure with photovoltaic board, include: the photovoltaic panel generator comprises a shell, a photovoltaic panel forming device and a power generation device, wherein a mounting groove formed in the inner wall of the shell is internally provided with a loading frame in a fitting manner to form a sliding limiting structure, and the middle part of the inner side of the loading frame is fixedly provided with a power generation structure of the photovoltaic panel forming device; further comprising: the photovoltaic module is characterized in that the top cover plate and the bottom cover plate are respectively arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the photovoltaic panel, the four sides of the top cover plate and the four sides of the bottom cover plate are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the loading frame to form a sealing protection structure, the top cover plate and the bottom cover plate are made of toughened glass materials so as to be light-transmitting, and the sealing strips horizontally arranged are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the shell. This sunroof structure with photovoltaic board, it is provided with triple waterproof construction, and the device can effectively prevent external rainwater to pass through sunroof structure to the inside drippage of automobile body, and the inside photovoltaic panel that still is provided with in skylight, carries out the electricity generation through photovoltaic panel to the car provides the electric energy.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an sunroof technical field specifically is an sunroof structure with photovoltaic board.
Background
The automobile skylight is loaded on the top of the automobile body and runs through the motor-driven transmission structure, so that the skylight is driven to be correspondingly opened and closed, the opened skylight can accelerate the air exchange efficiency inside the automobile, and the existing automobile skylight still has some problems.
For example, the skylight for the new energy automobile with publication number CN211364230U comprises an installation frame, wherein installation pieces are fixedly connected to the left side and the right side of the front face and the back face of the installation frame, a rotation shaft is inserted into the left side of the lower surface of the installation frame, and a rotation wheel is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the rotation shaft. According to the skylight for the new energy automobile, the first ventilating plate, the second ventilating plate and the folding cloth are matched, so that the sealing performance of the skylight for the new energy automobile is preliminarily ensured, and meanwhile, the ventilating performance of the skylight for the new energy automobile is ensured;
above-mentioned device, it only forms single waterproof construction through sealing washer embedding seal groove in, when this waterproof construction is damaged, does not have spare structure to seal, and external rainwater can be to constantly permeating in the car, can know from this that the waterproof ability of device is relatively poor.
Aiming at the problems, innovative design is urgently needed on the basis of the original automobile skylight.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a sunroof structure with photovoltaic board to solve above-mentioned background art and propose current sunroof, it only forms single waterproof construction through sealing washer embedding seal groove in, when this waterproof construction is damaged, does not have the backup structure to seal, and external rainwater can be to constantly permeating in the car, can know from this, the relatively poor problem of waterproof ability of device.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: an automobile sunroof structure provided with a photovoltaic panel, comprising:
the photovoltaic panel forming device comprises a shell, a mounting groove and a sliding limiting structure, wherein the mounting groove is formed in the inner wall of the shell, a loading frame is arranged in a fitting manner to form the sliding limiting structure, and a power generation structure of the photovoltaic panel forming device is fixedly mounted in the middle of the inner side of the loading frame;
further comprising:
the top cover plate and the bottom cover plate are respectively arranged at the upper side and the lower side of the photovoltaic panel, four edges of the top cover plate and the bottom cover plate are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the loading frame to form a sealing protection structure, the top cover plate and the bottom cover plate are made of toughened glass materials so as to be light-transmitting, a horizontally arranged sealing strip is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the shell, and the sealing strip is tightly embedded in a groove formed in the side wall of the loading frame to form a sealing strengthening structure;
the guide block is fixedly installed in the middle of the side wall of the loading frame, the guide block is embedded in the inner side of the shell, an output screw rod provided with a driving assembly penetrates through the guide block to form a threaded transmission structure, the output screw rod is rotatably embedded in the inner wall of the shell, and a motor of the driving assembly is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the shell.
Preferably, the cross-section of guide block is the rectangle, and the guide block laminating inlays and establishes form the slip guide structure in the guide slot seted up on the inner wall of casing, the laminating is provided with the bottom surface of containing the ring section of thick bamboo directly over loading the frame, and the lateral wall fixed mounting of containing the ring section of thick bamboo on the inner wall of casing for the guide block can slide along the guide slot of seting up on the casing.
Preferably, the containing ring cylinder surrounds in the top of lamina tecti, and the laminating is provided with the pressure ring and forms the slip elevation structure on the inner wall of containing ring cylinder, and both coaxial settings to the upper surface of pressure ring with fixedly connected with is used for providing the spring of pressure between the inner wall top of containing ring cylinder, and the spring is equidistant along the inner wall of containing ring cylinder distributes moreover, makes the spring apply certain pressure to the pressure ring.
Preferably, the bottom surface of the pressure ring is fixedly provided with a coaxially arranged sealing ring, the cross section of the sealing ring is of an arc-shaped structure, the bottom of the sealing ring is embedded in a groove in the top of the loading frame to form a closed structure, so that the outer side of the top of the loading frame can be closed by the sealing ring, and meanwhile, when the device is closed, the loading frame can apply upward thrust to the sealing ring.
Preferably, load frame and end cover plate junction under coaxial setting have the ring groove pipe, and the lateral wall of ring groove pipe is fixed to be inlayed and is established the inner wall bottom of casing, fixed mounting has the pump machine on the inner wall of casing, and the bottom of fixedly connected with drain pipe on the pump machine to the upper end of drain pipe is fixed run through in the top setting of casing, when loading frame bottom emergence water leakage phenomenon, the water that spills can be collected to the ring groove pipe.
Preferably, fixed intercommunication has first connecting pipe and second connecting pipe water outlet on the suction tube of pump machine, and first connecting pipe and second connecting pipe are fixed to run through in the casing setting, the fixed link up of the port of intaking of first connecting pipe is installed the bottom of ring groove pipe, the port of intaking of second connecting pipe with leave the clearance between the upper surface of lamina tecti for the pump machine can take out the water in the ring groove through first connecting pipe.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: this sunroof structure with photovoltaic board, it is provided with triple waterproof construction, and the device can effectively prevent external rainwater to pass through the skylight structure to the inside drippage of automobile body, and the inside photovoltaic panel that still is provided with in skylight, carries out the spontaneous electricity through the photovoltaic panel to the car provides the electric energy, and its concrete content is as follows:
1. a pressure ring is attached to the inner wall of the containing ring cylinder to form a sliding lifting structure, a spring for providing pressure is fixedly connected between the upper surface of the pressure ring and the top of the inner wall of the containing ring cylinder, a coaxially arranged sealing ring is fixedly installed on the bottom surface of the pressure ring, the bottom of the sealing ring is embedded in a groove in the top of the loading frame to form a closed structure, positioning pressure is provided for the pressure ring through the spring, the sealing ring is always attached to the upper surface of the loading frame to form a sealing structure, and meanwhile, a sealing strip fixedly connected to the inner wall of the shell is embedded in a groove formed in the side wall of the loading frame to form a sealing reinforcing structure;
2. load frame and bottom cover plate junction and coaxially be provided with the ring groove pipe under, the fixed inlayer of the lateral wall of ring groove pipe is established in the inner wall bottom of casing, fixed intercommunication has first connecting pipe and second connecting pipe outlet port on the suction tube of pump machine, the fixed bottom of installing at the ring groove pipe that link up of the inlet port of first connecting pipe, if device seal structure damages to lead to loading the frame bottom to leak, the ring groove pipe can collect the water that loads the frame and spill this moment, the pump machine passes through the second connecting pipe and discharges the intraductal water of ring, the inboard center of loading frame department fixed mounting's photovoltaic panel can play the power generation effect.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall external structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the loading frame of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the guide block mounting structure of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the driving assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the receiving ring of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the sealing ring of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the photovoltaic panel of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the second connecting pipe of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the ring-grooved pipe of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a schematic view of the first connecting pipe mounting structure of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a housing; 2. a loading frame; 3. a photovoltaic panel; 4. a top cover plate; 5. a bottom cover plate; 6. a sealing strip; 7. a guide block; 8. a drive assembly; 9. a seal ring; 10. a pressure ring; 11. a receiving ring barrel; 12. a spring; 13. a ring groove pipe; 14. a first connecting pipe; 15. a second connecting pipe; 16. a pump machine; 17. and a water discharge pipe.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-10, the present invention provides a technical solution: an automobile sunroof structure provided with a photovoltaic panel, comprising:
a loading frame 2 is arranged in a mounting groove formed in the inner wall of the shell 1 in a fitting manner to form a sliding limiting structure, and a photovoltaic panel 3 is fixedly mounted in the middle of the inner side of the loading frame 2 to form a power generation structure of the device;
the top cover plate 4 and the bottom cover plate 5 are respectively arranged at the upper side and the lower side of the photovoltaic panel 3, four sides of the top cover plate 4 and the bottom cover plate 5 are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the loading frame 2 to form a sealing protection structure, the top cover plate 4 and the bottom cover plate 5 are made of toughened glass materials so as to be light-transmitting, the inner wall of the shell 1 is fixedly provided with a horizontally arranged sealing strip 6, and the sealing strip 6 is tightly embedded in a groove formed in the side wall of the loading frame 2 to form a sealing strengthening structure;
the guide block 7 is fixedly installed in the middle of the side wall of the loading frame 2, the guide block 7 is embedded in the inner side of the shell 1, an output screw rod provided with a driving assembly 8 penetrates through the guide block 7 to form a threaded transmission structure, the output screw rod is rotatably embedded in the inner wall of the shell 1, and a motor of the driving assembly 8 is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the shell 1.
The cross section of guide block 7 is the rectangle, and guide block 7 laminating inlay establishes and forms the slip guide structure in the guide slot of seting up on the inner wall of casing 1, load the laminating directly over frame 2 and be provided with the bottom surface of receiving ring section of thick bamboo 11, and the lateral wall fixed mounting of receiving ring section of thick bamboo 11 is on the inner wall of casing 1, make guide block 7 can slide along the guide slot, receiving ring section of thick bamboo 11 centers on the top of lamina tecti 4, and the laminating is provided with pressure ring 10 and forms the slip elevation structure on the inner wall of receiving ring section of thick bamboo 11, both coaxial settings, and fixedly connected with is used for providing the spring 12 of pressure between the upper surface of pressure ring 10 and the inner wall top of receiving ring section of thick bamboo 11, and spring 12 is equidistant along the inner wall of receiving ring section of 11 distributes, make pressure ring 10 can compress spring 12 along the inner wall rebound of receiving ring section of thick bamboo 11, because fixed mounting has coaxially set up sealing washer 9 on the bottom surface of pressure ring 10, and the cross section of sealing washer 9 is circular-arc structure, and sealing washer 9 bottom inlay establishes and form the enclosed structure in the recess of loading frame 2 top, make spring 12 can exert pressure ring 10 through the reverse reset effect, make pressure ring drive sealing washer 9 and load frame 2.
Load frame 2 and bottom apron 5 junction under coaxial ring groove pipe 13 that is provided with, and the fixed wall bottom of inlaying of the inner wall of establishing at casing 1 of the lateral wall of ring groove pipe 13, fixed mounting has pump machine 16 on casing 1's the inner wall, and fixedly connected with drain pipe 17's bottom on the pump machine 16 to the upper end of drain pipe 17 is fixed to be run through in the top setting of casing 1, makes pump machine 16 discharge the water through drain pipe 17.
Fixed intercommunication has first connecting pipe 14 and 15 water outlet port of second connecting pipe on pump machine 16's the suction tube, and first connecting pipe 14 and 15 fixed run through in casing 1 setting, and the fixed bottom of installing at annular groove pipe 13 that link up of the port of intaking of first connecting pipe 14 leaves the clearance between the upper surface of the port of intaking of second connecting pipe 15 and lamina tecti 4 for pump machine 16 can take out the water in the annular groove pipe 13 through first connecting pipe 14.
The working principle is as follows: when the sunroof structure with photovoltaic panels is used, referring first to fig. 1-10, the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic panel 3 are provided with a top cover plate 4 and a bottom cover plate 5, and a top cover plate 4 and a bottom cover plate 5 made of toughened glass material are fixedly connected on the inner wall of the loading frame 2 to form a sealed protection structure, external sunlight irradiates on the photovoltaic panel 3 through the top cover plate 4 to generate electricity, when the device is in a rainy environment, the spring 12 exerts a certain pressure on the pressure ring 10 through the resetting action, so that the sealing ring 9 at the bottom of the pressure ring 10 is always attached to the top of the loading frame 2 to form a first heavy waterproof structure, meanwhile, a horizontal sealing strip 6 is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the shell 1, the sealing strip 6 is tightly embedded in a groove on the side wall of the loading frame 2 to form a second waterproof structure, the sealing strip 6 and a sealing ring 9 are made of rubber materials, a ring groove pipe 13 is coaxially arranged right below the joint of the loading frame 2 and the bottom cover plate 5, the side wall of the ring groove pipe 13 is fixedly embedded at the bottom of the inner wall of the shell 1, since the suction pipe of the pump 16 is fixedly communicated with the water outlet ports of the first connecting pipe 14 and the second connecting pipe 15, and a gap is left between the water inlet port of the second connecting pipe 15 and the upper surface of the top cover plate 4, the water inlet port of the first connecting pipe 14 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the annular groove pipe 13 in a penetrating manner, if the device sealing structure is damaged to cause water leakage at the bottom of the loading frame 2, the annular groove pipe 13 can collect water body leaked from the loading frame 2, the annular groove pipe 13 is made of transparent acrylic material, in the process, the pump 16 is started, the pump 16 pumps out the water body in the annular groove pipe 13 through the first connecting pipe 14, meanwhile, the pump 16 pumps the water on the upper surface of the top cover plate 4 through the second connecting pipe 15, so that the water leakage is reduced, and a third waterproof structure is formed;
referring to fig. 1-10, when a user needs to open the skylight, a motor in the driving assembly 8 is started, the motor drives the output screw to rotate, at this time, the output screw of the driving assembly 8 drives the guide block 7 to move, so that the guide block 7 slides along the guide groove formed in the inner wall of the housing 1, in the process, the guide block 7 drives the loading frame 2 to synchronously slide on the housing 1, so that the photovoltaic panel 3, the top cover plate 4 and the bottom cover plate 5 on the loading frame 2 are accommodated in the housing 1, and therefore the skylight opening operation is completed.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiments or portions thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
Claims (6)
1. An automobile sunroof structure provided with a photovoltaic panel, comprising:
the photovoltaic power generation device comprises a shell (1), wherein a mounting groove formed in the inner wall of the shell is internally provided with a loading frame (2) in a fitting mode to form a sliding limiting structure, and the middle of the inner side of the loading frame (2) is fixedly provided with a photovoltaic panel (3) to form a power generation structure of the device;
it is characterized by also comprising:
the top cover plate (4) and the bottom cover plate (5) are respectively arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the photovoltaic panel (3), four edges of the top cover plate (4) and the bottom cover plate (5) are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the loading frame (2) to form a sealing protection structure, the top cover plate (4) and the bottom cover plate (5) are made of toughened glass materials so as to be light-transmitting, sealing strips (6) which are horizontally arranged are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the shell (1), and the sealing strips (6) are tightly embedded in grooves formed in the side wall of the loading frame (2) to form a sealing strengthening structure;
guide block (7), its fixed mounting be in the lateral wall middle part of loading frame (2), guide block (7) inlay and establish the inboard of casing (1), and run through the output screw that is provided with drive assembly (8) on guide block (7) and form screw thread transmission structure to output screw rotates to inlay and establishes on the inner wall of casing (1), the motor fixed mounting of drive assembly (8) is in addition on the inner wall of casing (1).
2. The sunroof structure provided with a photovoltaic panel according to claim 1, wherein: the cross-section of guide block (7) is the rectangle, and guide block (7) laminating inlays and establishes form the slip guide structure in the guide slot seted up on the inner wall of casing (1), the laminating is provided with the bottom surface of accomodating a ring section of thick bamboo (11) directly over loading frame (2), and the lateral wall fixed mounting of accomodating a ring section of thick bamboo (11) on the inner wall of casing (1).
3. The sunroof structure of claim 2, wherein the structure comprises: the containing ring barrel (11) surrounds the top of the top cover plate (4), a pressure ring (10) is attached to the inner wall of the containing ring barrel (11) to form a sliding lifting structure, the pressure ring and the pressure ring are coaxially arranged, a spring (12) used for providing pressure is fixedly connected between the upper surface of the pressure ring (10) and the top of the inner wall of the containing ring barrel (11), and the spring (12) is distributed at equal intervals along the inner wall of the containing ring barrel (11).
4. The sunroof structure of claim 3, wherein the structure comprises: the bottom surface of the pressure ring (10) is fixedly provided with a coaxially arranged sealing ring (9), the cross section of the sealing ring (9) is of an arc-shaped structure, and the bottom of the sealing ring (9) is embedded in a groove in the top of the loading frame (2) to form a closed structure.
5. The sunroof structure provided with a photovoltaic panel according to claim 1, wherein: load frame (2) and under apron (5) junction coaxial being provided with ring groove pipe (13), and the lateral wall of ring groove pipe (13) is fixed to be inlayed and is established the inner wall bottom of casing (1), fixed mounting has pump machine (16) on the inner wall of casing (1), and pump machine (16) go up the bottom of fixedly connected with drain pipe (17) to the upper end of drain pipe (17) is fixed run through in the top of casing (1) sets up.
6. The sunroof structure provided with a photovoltaic panel according to claim 5, wherein: fixed intercommunication has first connecting pipe (14) and second connecting pipe (15) water outlet port on the suction tube of pump machine (16), and first connecting pipe (14) and second connecting pipe (15) are fixed to be run through in casing (1) setting, the fixed link up of the port of intaking of first connecting pipe (14) is installed the bottom of ring groove pipe (13), the port of intaking of second connecting pipe (15) with leave the clearance between the upper surface of lamina tecti (4).
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
CN202222985749.9U CN218594109U (en) | 2022-11-10 | 2022-11-10 | Sunroof structure with photovoltaic board |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
CN202222985749.9U CN218594109U (en) | 2022-11-10 | 2022-11-10 | Sunroof structure with photovoltaic board |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
CN218594109U true CN218594109U (en) | 2023-03-10 |
Family
ID=85406840
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
CN202222985749.9U Active CN218594109U (en) | 2022-11-10 | 2022-11-10 | Sunroof structure with photovoltaic board |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
CN (1) | CN218594109U (en) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN117328621A (en) * | 2023-11-20 | 2024-01-02 | 国网安徽省电力有限公司明光市供电公司 | Waterproof assembly for photovoltaic car shed protection system |
-
2022
- 2022-11-10 CN CN202222985749.9U patent/CN218594109U/en active Active
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN117328621A (en) * | 2023-11-20 | 2024-01-02 | 国网安徽省电力有限公司明光市供电公司 | Waterproof assembly for photovoltaic car shed protection system |
CN117328621B (en) * | 2023-11-20 | 2024-05-03 | 国网安徽省电力有限公司明光市供电公司 | Waterproof assembly for photovoltaic car shed protection system |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
CN218594109U (en) | Sunroof structure with photovoltaic board | |
CN211819145U (en) | Solar power generation glass window | |
CN107478578B (en) | Equipment for monitoring Urban River Water turbidity | |
CN216447880U (en) | A filling device for centrifugal compressor lubricating oil | |
CN213214097U (en) | Special electric machine case in colliery | |
CN210343563U (en) | High-efficient fuel pump filter screen assembly | |
CN217232199U (en) | Prefabricated pump station of integral type convenient to daily maintenance | |
CN219605628U (en) | Sealing isolation structure of electric pump | |
CN215634505U (en) | Novel connecting mechanism for main bearing cover and main bearing seat | |
CN206272097U (en) | A kind of compact photovoltaic switch board being easily installed | |
CN212081569U (en) | Solar green building equipment | |
CN217128784U (en) | Ecological electricity generation roof of green building | |
CN212927916U (en) | Tunnel ventilation device with drainage function | |
CN209179354U (en) | A kind of outside portion water part for photovoltaic waterproof system | |
CN218647003U (en) | Power plant electrical equipment safety monitoring device | |
CN218149330U (en) | Photovoltaic roof of aluminum structure container room | |
CN217086064U (en) | Energy-saving traffic electronic information LED indication screen | |
CN213627279U (en) | Inlet gate stop device | |
CN218406746U (en) | Waterproof power distribution room | |
CN218235532U (en) | Vertical novel new forms of energy fan assembly | |
CN220301652U (en) | Energy-conserving roof of green building | |
CN216241444U (en) | Prevent sewage treatment water pump of jam | |
CN212660062U (en) | Electric push rod with waterproof construction | |
CN217824798U (en) | High-sealing photovoltaic panel fixing frame | |
CN219773961U (en) | Energy-saving door and window structure with good air tightness |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
GR01 | Patent grant | ||
GR01 | Patent grant |