RO135476A0 - Awning with solar panels - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an awning with solar panels to be used as an extension of the roofs of houses, on buildings, such as blocks of flats, garages, warehouses, above terraces and commercial spaces, on the exterior side panels of motorhomes or caravans, providing both protection against sunlight, as well as green electricity. According to the invention, the awning contains a housing (1) having some covers (2), a tarpaulin (3) provided with flexible solar panels (4), transfer conductors (5), a rotary contact (6), an opening-closing mechanism (7) and a motor engaging mechanism (11), further comprising a drum (8) of the opening-closing mechanism (7) provided with some first supports (26) which are mounted on the housing (1), by insertion in a dedicated place and which are fixed with some spacers to the covers (2) of the housing (1), the supports (26) containing two bearings (27), one of which acts as a support for the drum (8), allowing its rotation, and the other has the role of supporting a gearing shaft, some support arms (9) which are formed of four rectangular aluminum profiles, two for each arm (9), joined together by some joints (10) inserted in two of the ends of these profiles, and in the other two ends some connections (27) being inserted and fixed, in their turn, to other supports (28) of the arms (9), and to the first supports (26) of the cover (2) of the housing (1), respectively, as well as some joints (10) which are responsible for the force of extraction of the tarpaulin (3) from the housing (1) by a tension spring (29) mounted in a tensioned part (30).

Description

DESCRIPTION

The invention relates to an awning with solar panels used as an extension of the roofs of houses, on buildings, such as blocks of flats, warehouses, garages, above terraces and commercial spaces, on the side-exterior panels of caravans or caravans, etc., providing both protection against solar panels as well as producing green electricity in the literature are known as solar panel awnings, for example DE202009005191 (U1) published on 03.12.2009 D1 which reveals a canopy with a dual role, both shading and generating energy. The canopy can be wrapped around a drum and has electrical components such as flexible solar cells. The solution includes a housing with covers, tarpaulin with flexible solar panels, transfer conductors, rotary contact, closing mechanism - drum opening. There is an electrical connection from the rotating drum to the cover and the front profile of the cover. The electrical connection includes power lines and a rotating connector that prevents the power lines from twisting while the canopy is rolled or extended.

Also known is the solution in WO2011095304 (A1) published on 11.08.2011 which reveals a canopy having a dual function: as sun protection and for the production of electricity through photovoltaic technology. Several panels or modules made of a flexible amorphous silicon thin film and a thin plastic film are used. The glued modules or panels form a sheet that acts as a rolled-up canopy when the modules are attached to a suitable support structure. The structure is equipped with an electric motor for wrapping and extending the canopy. Each module or silicon strip is provided, at the ends, with two corresponding junction boxes, one for the positive pole and the other for the negative pole; junction boxes are mounted inside the canopy support structure, a rotating connector, always in contact, allows the curtain to be wound.

A canopy type sun protection device with flexible solar panels, a winding tube and a tensioning system for the flexible panel is known from US2012073624 (A1) published on 29.03.2012. The flexible solar panel is wide

RO 135476 AO corresponding to the length of the winding tube on which said flexible panel can be rolled or unrolled depending on the direction of rotation of the winding tube. The tensioning system consists of a load bar located at the distal end of the flexible panel and one or more articulated arms equipped with spring or cylinder systems that allow the articulated arms to return from the displaced position to a normal position. While running the flexible panel around the tube, the distal end attached to the load bar exerts a force on the folding articulated arms, the portion of the non-rolling flexible panel remaining properly tensioned. The winding tube is actuated by means of a rotary drive system, such as a crank or a motorized system.

The disadvantages of these solutions refer to the fact that they have complicated mechanisms for rolling / unrolling the tarpaulin, not having means of protection of the electrical components that make up the electrical part of the awning.

The technical problem solved by the claimed invention relates to the realization of an awning with flexible solar panels with the possibility of an easy running / unrolling with the realization of a protection of the component elements.

The awning with solar panels according to the invention contains a housing with covers, a tarpaulin with flexible solar panels, some transfer conductors, a rotary contact, a closing-opening mechanism and a motorized gear mechanism, and in addition, it also contains:

- A drum of the closing-opening mechanism which has provided some first supports which are mounted on the awning housing, by inserting in a place dedicated to them and which are fixed with some spacers to the housing covers, both supports containing two bearings, of which one acts as a support for the drum, allowing it to rotate, and the other acts as a support for a gear shaft;

- Awning support arms which consist of four rectangular aluminum profiles, two for each arm, joined together by joints. they are attached to other supports of the arms, and respectively to the first supports of the housing cover;

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- Some joints that are responsible for the force of extraction of the tarpaulin from the casing, through a tension spring mounted in a tensioned part.

According to one aspect of the invention, the joints are joined together by a tension belt and two bolts with the role, one of supporting the joints with each other, and the other acting as a guide at the opening of the joint, so that this joint can be mounted directly tensioned in the arms. , joints containing the following components:

- A tensioned piece that houses the tension spring;

- Some bolts, three in number per joint: spring bolt, guide and joint;

- Tension springs having at one end a double eye through which the spring bolt will pass, fixing them to the tension piece, at the other end having some terminal ears with hook, on the side, at 180 °, and at the other end, other side ears, 360 °, where the tension belt ring will be inserted;

A tension belt with two metal rings at the ends, fixed to the belt with its own strap material, superimposed and sewn;

- A forced part that creates the tension of the spring, with the help of a threaded hook that has the function of putting the entire joint in tension.

According to another aspect of the invention, said housing is made in one piece, more precisely an extruded profile of whole aluminum or in several pieces.

According to another aspect of the invention, the profile is printed.

According to another aspect of the invention, said housing consists of two terminal half-housings, the mechanical and the optional, the mechanical having the built-in release and rolling mechanism of the tarpaulin, the engine, the motor actuators and LEDs, the transformer, the gearbox connections, electrical installation, power plug and connection cable.

According to another aspect of the invention, said covers capable of extracting the tarpaulin at the time of opening and sealing the housing when it is closed, are formed in a single profile, or can be printed in smaller pieces, being mounted at both ends of the housing, and attached to it by a locking system with

RO 135476 AO clamps that significantly simplify the process of its assembly, in these covers being incorporated: the rotary contact, the bearing support of the gear shaft and the current plug for LEDs.

According to another aspect of the invention, the tarpaulin is electric, being composed of the following elements:

p solar panels that have the role of capturing solar energy by transforming it into electricity which it transfers to the side through two conductors located at the edges of the panel, plus and minus;

a reflective foil on which the flexible solar panels are placed, which offers a greater possibility of capturing energy and protection against the heat emitted by the tarpaulin;

a transparent protective foil placed over the flexible solar panels with the role of sealing and protecting them, and can be directly incorporated by gluing or hot pressing into a single flexible solar panel with a wider width.

According to another aspect of the invention, for the capture of electricity obtained with flexible solar panels, it also contains:

- the main transfer conductors having at both ends the conductive carbon brushes which are driven from the inside to the outside towards the rotary contact by a pressure spring, forming a contact; and

- five secondary transfer conductors, one of which acts as a ground, and the other four are used to transmit various voltages and pulses through them to the housing and vice versa.

According to another aspect of the invention, said rotary contact is inserted into a plastic housing with positioning guides in the covers of the terminal housings.

According to another aspect of the invention, the gear mechanism contains a motor, two gears and three axles which release or pull the drum driven by the springs in the joints of the arms.

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The advantages of applying the invention are:

- constructive simplicity;

- easy operation;

- can be used as an extension of the roofs of houses, on buildings, such as blocks of flats, warehouses, garages, above terraces and commercial spaces, on the side-exterior panels of caravans or caravans, etc .;

- provides both protection against the sun's rays and by producing green electricity.

The following is an example of an embodiment of the invention in connection with Figures 1 to 20, which represent:

FIGURE 1 - awning general view with solar panels according to the invention:

FIGURE 2 - side view of awning housing according to the invention

FIGURE 3 - housing view with supports

FIGURE 4 - multi-piece lid view;

FIGURE 5 - Drum view from a piece of plastic

FIGURE 6 - drum view of several pieces of plastic;

FIGURE 7 - electric tarpaulin view, in the version with extended tarpaulins;

FIGURE 8 - tarpaulin view from the material;

FIGURE 9 - view of drum supports;

FIGURE 10 - arm view of the awning according to the invention;

FIGURE 11 - front closed joint view;

FIGURE 12 - closed joint view backwards;

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FIGURE 13 - open joint view;

FIGURE 14 - tensioned part view;

FIGURE 15 - view of bolts: spring, guide and joint;

FIGURE 16 - view of the tension belt;

FIGURE 17 - forced part view;

FIGURE 18 - view of plastic washers;

FIGURE 19 - threaded hook view forced part protection view;

FIGURE 20 - cover view of terminal housings

FIGURE 21 - view of the rotary contact;

FIGURE 22 - see terminal housings;

FIGURE 23 - view of gear mechanism;

FIGURE 24 - view of electric salad;

FIGURE 25 - see plug;

FIGURE 26 - box view with connections;

The awning with solar panels, according to the invention, provides protection against the sun's rays and at the same time produces energy. Figure 1 shows the scheme of the awning with solar panels according to the invention. The awning comprises a housing 1 with cover 2, a tarpaulin 3 with flexible solar panels 4, the main conductors 5 for transfer, a rotary contact 6, a closing mechanism 7 - drum opening 8 with supports, some arms 9, joints 10 and mechanism 11 gear motor

The housing, as shown in Fig. 2 can be made in one piece, more precisely an extruded profile 12 of whole aluminum or in several pieces. According to one embodiment, the profile 12 can be printed.

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The extruded profile 12 may differ in length depending on the size of the awning with solar panels 4, thus forming the housing 1 of the awning which will be mounted on supports 13 (Fig.3), these being mounted in the desired place of mounting the awning.

Housing 1 is provided with some covers 2. (Fig.4).

Like the housing 1, the cover 2 can be made of a single profile, even plastic, or, according to another embodiment, can be printed in smaller pieces (Fig.4). The cover 2 can also be an extruded profile (Fig.4). The role of the covers 2 is to remove the tarpaulin 3 when it is opened and to seal the housing when it is closed.

The drum 8 can be only in one piece, more precisely a plastic profile 14 (Fig.5) or in several pieces 15 of plastic (Fig.6), having at the ends two metal parts 16 (Fig.6) similar to the profile plastic 14 (Fig.5) which are joined by overlapping and tensioned with some voltage cables 17 at the ends (Fig.6). It is supported by two supports 18 with bearing (Fig.5) of housing 1 having several purposes:

To support tarpaulin 3 both when extended and rolled (Fig.5):

To transmit or receive voltage or pulses by means of secondary contacts 19 inside it (Fig.5):

To transmit electricity produced by solar panels;

To extend and tow the tarpaulin 3. (Fig.7)

Tarpaulin 3 is the main part directly responsible for protection against the sun's rays, for the production of electricity and for the transfer of captured energy.

It is made in two constructive variants, one electrical 3.1 (Fig.7) and one made of material 3.2.

Electric tarpaulin 3.1 consists of the following elements:

flexible solar panels 4 (Fig.7); they have the role of capturing solar energy by transforming it into electricity which they transfer to the side through two conductors 20

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located at the edges of panel 4, plus and minus (Fig.7), One of the conductors (plus) is longer than the other (minus) and is insulated on the side that will have contact with the main conductor 5, so as not to short-circuit in moment of transfer of electricity to the main conductors 5 of the transfer. Flexible solar panels 4 can be connected in series or in parallel depending on the desired current.

These 4 panels can be of different sizes and can be made directly to the required sizes, forming a single flexible panel.

The base of the tarpaulin 3.1 is provided with a reflective foil 21. (Fig.7) on which are placed the flexible solar panels 4, on the side with the reflection. Reflective foil 21 has both a reflective part or a reflective part and a colored part depending on customer requests. Due to the foil 21 and its reflection, the heat and light will be reflected back to the flexible solar panels 4, offering a greater possibility of energy capture and protection against the heat emitted by the tarpaulin. Flexible solar panels 4 can be directly produced in this way based on such a foil 21.

A protective film 22 is mounted on top of the solar panels 4 (Fig.7). This foil is transparent and has an adhesive surface. Being placed on top of the flexible solar panels 4, it has the role of sealing and protecting them from scratches when cleaning, but also of protection against the weather, such as hail, offering at the same time a greater resistance to wind. It can be directly incorporated by gluing or hot pressing into a single flexible width 4 solar panel with a wider width.

In the material version, a plastic pipe 23 is used to extract the tarpaulin 3 at the time of opening and to keep it stretched, acting as a support in the cover 2 of the housing 1 (Fig.8). It is mounted identically to the flexible solar panels 4, between the two foils: the reflective 21. (Fig.8) and the protective 22. (Fig.8), at the outer end of the tarpaulin 3.

To transfer the electricity obtained with the flexible solar panels 4, the main transfer conductors 5 are used. outwards to the rotary contact 6 by a pressure spring, forming a contact

RO 135476 AO pin type 25. These contacts 25 can be replaced later after brush wear with new contacts.

These main conductors 5 are placed on the conductors 20 of the flexible solar panels 4, thus forming a contact by gluing the foils 21, 22, or by hot pressing them, thus transferring the electricity produced by the flexible solar panels 4 to the rotary contact 6. The main conductors 5 also play the role of support in supporting the tarpaulin 3 on the drum 8.

The awning is also provided with some secondary transfer conductors 19. (Fig.5)

In number there are five in total, one of which (Fig.5) has the role of earthing, and the other four can be used to transmit through them to the housing and vice versa, different voltages and pulses. They are made in the same way as the main transfer conductors 5, but with a smaller outer diameter. Like the main conductors 5, they are also insulated inside the drum 8 and are supported by its profile.

The drum 8 is provided with supports 18 (Fig.9) which are mounted on the awning housing 1, by inserting them in a place dedicated to them and which are fixed with a spacer inside the housing 1, depending on the variant of the desired awning. Both supports 18 each contain two bearings 26,27 of which 26 act as a support for the drum 8, allowing it to rotate, and the other 27 has the role of supporting the gear shaft.

The arms 9 of the awning according to the invention (Fig.10) consist of four rectangular aluminum profiles 9a, two for each arm (Fig.10). These profiles are joined together by the joints 10 inserted in two of the ends of these profiles (Fig. 10) and in the other two ends will be introduced some connections 28 (Fig. 10) which in turn are attached by some supports 29 of the arms 9 (Fig. 10) and, respectively, of supports 30 of the cover 2 of the housing 1 (Fig. 10).

The arms 9 have the role of supporting the tarpaulin 3, and are mounted by inserting the supports 29 in the housing 1. More than two can be mounted, depending on the length of the housing 1.

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The joints 10 (Fig.11) (Fig.12) (Fig.13) are responsible for the force of extraction of the tarpaulin 3 from the housing 1 through a tension spring 31 (Fig.13) mounted in a tensioned part 32 (Fig.13) .13).

The joints 10 can be made of metals such as aluminum, stainless steel or titanium and are joined together by a tension belt 33 (Fig.11) and two bolts 34,35 (Fig.12). The bolts 34 have the role, one of supporting the joints 10 between them, (Fig.12) and the other 35 acts as a guide at the opening of the joint 10 (Fig.13), so that this joint can be mounted directly tensioned in the arms 9. Thus, the joints contain the following components:

- tensioned part 32 (Fig.14); it is the piece that houses the tension spring 31 and can be modified in length (Fig.14) for a longer spring, with a greater force, being able to accommodate even two springs 31. in it are also mounted all the bolts 34,35,36 ; One at the end of part 36B, which can be elongated (Fig.14) and the other two in the joint hole 34B (Fig.14) and the guide hole 35B (Fig.14). These holes 34B.35B are made without being pierced, so that the remaining material will fulfill the role of support for the inserted bolts (Fig.14);

- Bolts 34, 35, 36. (Fig.15) are three in number per joint 10; spring bolt 36 (Fig.15), guide bolt 35 (Fig.15) and joint 34 (Fig.15). They are made of steel and all have at one end a hole 37 with thread on the inside (Fig.15), and on the outside, at the other end, they are slightly sharp, (Fig.15) allowing easy insertion into the holes 34B, 35B , 36B (Fig. 14). The connecting bolt 34 has some grooves 38 (Fig.15) created by pressing the material, which leads to the expansion of the outer diameter, thus leading to a blockage in the material at the time of installation. The extraction of the bolts is done with the help of a press threaded in the threaded holes in their head;

- Tension springs 31. (Fig.13) are made of spring steel having at one end a double eye through which the spring bolt 36 will pass, fixing it to the tensioned piece 32. At the other end they have terminal ears with hooks, on the side, at 180 °, and at the other end, another terminal ear with hook, lateral, at 360 °, where the ring of the tension belt 39 will be inserted (Fig.16).

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Tension belt 33 (Fig.16). It is made of a material identical to the anchor straps. The belt 33 has two rings at the ends 39 (Fig.16). These rings are made of metal and are fastened to the strap 33 with its own strap material, superimposed and sewn.

- Forced part 40 (Fig. 17) which is the part that creates the tension of the spring 31, with the help of a threaded hook 41. It also contains two washers 42, made of plastic that protect the parts from friction between them, when opening and closing. This part 40 will be mounted and supported by the tensioned part 32 with the connecting bolt 34. The plastic washers 42 (Fig.18) are made of a hard plastic, and can be replaced at the time of wear. The function of the threaded hook 41 (Fig. 19) is to tension the entire joint 10, with the existing thread in the tail, by threading a nut 43, thus forcing the tail to the outside of the forced part 40, pulling with it the head of the hook, where it is placed. the other ring of the tension belt 39, thus acting the tension of the springs 31. The forced part 40 is protected at the moment of screwing by the nut 43 with a toothed washer 44. (Fig. 19) which also facilitates the threading with a slider of the nut 43. 43 (Fig. 19) is screwed on the tail of the hook 41 with thread forming, thus the tension in the joint 10. The nut 43 contains a plastic gasket that has the role of safety against unscrewing.

The terminal covers 45 of the housing 1 (Fig. 20) are mounted at both ends of the housing 1, are fastened to it by a locking system with clamps 46 (Fig. 20) which significantly simplifies the process of mounting it. In these covers 45 are incorporated: the rotary contact 6 (Fig.20) bearing support 47 of the gear shaft (Fig.20) and a connector 48 for LEDs (Fig.20). The terminal housings are attached to these covers 45, having the same locking mode. The design of the 45 covers allows the replacement of the terminal housings between them, offering the possibility of the awning with solar panels to be supplied with voltage from both the left and the right, depending on the location of the customers' power supply.

The rotary contact 6 (Fig.21) allows the transmission of electricity produced by the flexible solar panels 4, through the main transfer conductors 5 (Fig.7), which is

RO 135476 AO taken over by the connection box 49 from the body of the mechanical terminal housing 1a (Fig.22). at the same time, it transmits or receives voltage or voltage pulses through the transfer secondary conductors 19 (Fig.5), to or from the terminal housing 1b. The rotary contact 6 is composed of a plastic housing 50 with positioning guides 50a in the terminal covers 45 of the housing 1 (Fig.21).

In this housing 50 are also the conductive rings 51,52, 53 of copper (Fig. 21). They can also be made of other conductive materials, such as brass or silver. On these rings 51,52,53 rotate the main transfer conductors 5 and secondary 19 which are located inside the drum 8, when it is actuated.

Terminal housings 1a and 1b are each made up of two pieces, 54.55 and 56.57 (Fig.22). in fact, two terminal housings are designed, the mechanical one 1a (Fig.22) and the optional one 1b (Fig.22). Due to the design of the awning with solar panels and its components, these housings 1a, 1b can have several shapes and functions, such as joining two awnings together, lengthwise or at the corner, resulting in a belt of awnings with solar panels. The mechanical housing 1a (Fig.22) is the most important part of the awning with solar panels because it contains the mechanism for releasing and running the tarpaulin, the motor, the D actuators of the motor and the LEDs, the transformer T, the connection box C, electrical installation E, plug S and connecting cable R.

It consists of two parts: the part of the components 54 (Fig.22) in which are inserted all the components named above and the supporting part 55 (Fig.22) which fixes and supports all these components with the help of the supports necessary for the designated task. The two parts are joined together with the same clamps 46, being separated by a gasket 58 (Fig.22) which keeps the clamping system in tension, but also protects the components from moisture and impurities.

The gear mechanism 11 (Fig.23) can be operated manually with the crank inserted in place provided 59 (Fig.23) or motorized. It contains a motor 60 (Fig.23), two gears 61.62 (Fig.23), three axles 63, 64, 65 (Fig.23), which releases or pulls the drum 8 (Fig.23) driven by springs 31 of the joints 10 of the arms 9 (Fig. 10). A first axis of force 65 (Fig.23) is the axis that works with the greatest force, more precisely it

RO 135476 AO releases and rolls the tarpaulin by operating the drum 8 with the toothed wheel 62 which can be replaced due to wear (Fig.23) and is driven by the gear shaft 64 by the worm wheel 66 (Fig.23). The gear shaft 64 (Fig.23) actuates the force shaft 65 by means of the built-in worm wheel 66, (Fig.23) designed to reduce the load of the drum 8 exerted by the joints 10. The gear shaft 64, in turn, can be electrically operated by the contact shaft 63 by means of the built-in gear 67 (Fig.23) or manually with a crank inserted in its intended place 59 (Fig.23). The drive shaft 65 is supported by four bearings, two of which are in the component housing and the support housing, one in the housing cover and the other in the drum holder. The contact shaft 63 (Fig.23) is designed for mechanical transmission between the gear motor 60 and the gear shaft 64. It contains a built-in gear 68 and is also supported by two bearings from the same housing 1a.

The motor with reducer 60 (Fig.23) operates at a voltage of 12V, this facilitates the mounting of the awning on caravans and caravans that operate mostly with direct current, without additional devices for converting electricity.

The motor 60 is driven by the drive device D by means of the conductors, inside the electrical installation E. The motor reducer 69 (Fig.23) allows it to rotate in both directions.

The electrical installation E (Fig.24) is inserted in a plastic housing 70 with the role of insulation and support (Fig.24) of the conductors 71 inside it (Fig.24), which can be made of extruded profiles. It also contains Insulations 72 which are placed between the conductors, also inside the housing 70.

The installation E receives voltage from the transformer T or from the connectors of the plug 73 (Fig.25) which it distributes to the actuators D, depending on the chosen options.

The connectors of the plug 73 (Fig.25) are inserted in plastic housings 74,75 (Fig.25) which act as insulation and support for the connections (Fig.25) inside it.

These connectors have two contacts each, one Master 76 (Fig.31), which contains a pin 77 which is pushed by a pressure spring 78 inside it (Fig.31), and the other

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Slave 79 (Fig.25) containing a screw 80 (Fig.25) which will tighten the cable inserted in the holes 81 provided for this purpose (Fig.25).

These connectors act as an electrical bridge between the electrical installation E, the connection box C and the power cable.

The connection box C (Fig.26) is made of two injected or printed plastic forms 82,83 (Fig.26) containing insulation 84 (Fig.26) and conductors 85 (Fig.26) which have pins at one end 86 which take from the rotary contact 6 the electricity produced by the tarpaulin, and transmit the current from the plug connectors to the rotary contact 6 to the optional housing 1b.

The actuator D of the motor 60 operates at a voltage of 12-24V from the electrical installation E. It aims to start the motor 60, it can be controlled manually via an actuator switch or digitally via an application.

The T transformer ensures the transformation of the supply voltage from 230V alternating current to 12-24V, in direct current, for any possibility of supplying customers.

The second housing 1b, the optional housing (Fig.22), as a mechanical housing 1a, is designed in the same way of fastening and joining, but with a difference of components.

It can accommodate, for example, wind sensor, light, projector, audio system, etc., which are not shown in the drawings. It can have virtually any device that can be incorporated, in the dimensions offered by the design of the optional housing.

Although the invention is described herein with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention, as set forth in the claims below. Accordingly, the description and figures should be considered in an illustrative sense rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. Any benefits, advantages or solutions to the problems described here regarding the achievements

Specific AOs are intended to be construed as an essential or essential feature or elements of one or all of the claims.

Claims (10)

demand 1. Awning with solar panel, which provides protection against the sun's rays and at the same time produces energy, containing a housing (1) with covers (2), a tarpaulin (3) with flexible solar panels (4), some conductors (5) transfer, a rotary contact (6), a closing mechanism (7) - opening and a motor engaging mechanism (11), characterized in that it also contains: - a drum (8) of the closing mechanism (7) - opening which has provided some first supports (26) which are mounted on the housing (1) of the awning, by inserting in a place dedicated to them and which are fixed with some spacers the covers (2) of the housing (1), both supports (26) containing two bearings (27) each, one of which acts as a support for the drum (8), allowing it to rotate and the other acting as a support for a gear shaft (); - awning support arms (9) consisting of four rectangular aluminum profiles, two for each arm, joined together by joints (10) inserted in two of the ends of these profiles, and in the other two ends some connections are inserted (27), which in turn are attached to other supports (28) of the arms (9) and to the first supports (26) of the cover (2) of the housing (1), respectively; - joints (10) which are responsible for the force of extraction of the tarpaulin (3) from the housing (1) by a tension spring (29) mounted in a tensioned part (30). Awning with solar panel according to claim 1, characterized in that the joints (10) are joined together by a tension belt (30) and two bolts (31) with the role, one of supporting the joints (10) together , and the other acting as a guide at the opening of the joint (10), so that this joint can be mounted directly tensioned in the arms (9), the joints (10) containing the following components: - a tensioned part (30) housing the tension spring (29); - bolts (31, 32, 33), three in number per joint (10): spring bolt (31), guide bolt (32) and joint (33); RO 135476 AO - tension springs (29) having at one end a double eye through which the spring bolt (31) will pass, fixing them to the tension piece (30), at the other end having a terminal ear with a hook on the side, at 180 °, and at the other end, another terminal ear with a hook, the side at 360 °, where the ring of the tension belt (36) will be inserted; a tension belt (36) having at its ends two metal rings (38), fixed to the belt (36) with its own belt material, superimposed and sewn; - a forced part (39) which creates the spring tension (29) by means of a threaded hook (40) whose function is to tension the entire joint (10). Awning with a solar panel according to claim 1, characterized in that said housing (1) is made in one piece, namely an extruded aluminum profile (12), whole or in several pieces. Awning with solar panel according to claim 3, characterized in that the profile (12) is printed. Awning with a solar panel according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said housing (1) consists of two terminal half-housings (1a and 1b), the mechanical (1a) and the optional (1b), the mechanical ( 1a) incorporating the tarpaulin release mechanism, the motor, the motor actuators and the LEDs, the transformer, the connection box C, the electrical installation E, the power plug (44) and the connection cable. Awning with a solar panel according to claim 1, characterized in that said covers (2) for removing the tarpaulin (3) at the time of opening and sealing the housing when it is closed, consist of a single profile, or can be printed in smaller pieces, being mounted at both ends of the housing (1), and fastened to it by a locking system (43) with clamps which significantly simplifies the process of mounting it in these covers ( 2) incorporating: the rotary contact (6), the bearing support of the gear shaft and the current plug (44) for the LEDs (45), Awning with solar panel according to claim 1, characterized in that in one embodiment the tarpaulin (3) is electric (3.1), being composed of the following elements: EN 135476 AO flexible solar panels (4) which have the role of capturing solar energy by transforming it into electricity which they transfer to the side through two conductors (20) located at the edges of the panel (3), plus and minus; a reflective foil (21) on which the flexible solar panels (4) are placed, which offers a greater possibility of energy capture and protection against the heat emitted by the tarpaulin; a transparent projecting film (22) placed above the flexible solar panels (4) having the role of sealing and protecting them, which can be directly incorporated by gluing with adhesive or by hot pressing in a single flexible solar panel (4) with a wider width. Awning with solar panel according to claims 1 and 7, characterized in that for the capture of electricity obtained with flexible solar panels (4) it also contains: - the main transfer conductors (5) having carbon conductive brushes (24) at both ends which are driven from the inside out towards the rotary contact (6) by a pressure spring (25), forming a contact; and - five secondary transfer conductors (26), one of which acts as a ground, and the other four are used to transmit various voltages and pulses through them to the housing and vice versa. Awning with solar panel according to claim 1, characterized in that said rotary contact (6) is inserted in a plastic housing (47) with positioning guides in the covers (2) of the housing (1). Awning with a solar panel according to claim 1, characterized in that the gear mechanism (11) comprises a motor (52), two gears (53), three axles (54, 55, 56) which release or tow the drum ( 8) actuated by the springs (29) in the joints (10) of the arms (9).