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US 10,240,820 B2Granted
Clamp for securing and electrically bonding solar panels to a rail support
AssigneeIronRidge, Inc.
InventorsJon Ash, Shawn J. Meine, David Taggart
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Abstract
In various representative aspects, an end clamp that mounts a bottom flange of a solar panel module to a rail support structure without requiring any tools for insertion while mechanically fastening and electrically bonding the solar panel module to the rail support structure. A method of installation is also provided.
Claims6
A clamp for securing a solar panel module to a rail support and providing an electrical conducting path between them comprising:
- a. a rear end;
- b. a top jaw;
- i. the top jaw further comprising a bottom side;
- ii. a raised portion extending outward from the bottom side toward the rear end at an acute angle with respect to the bottom side of the top jaw and terminating at a point;
- and
- c. a bottom jaw coupled to the top jaw at the rear end wherein the top jaw and bottom jaw form an opening for receiving a portion of the solar panel module;
- d. a pair of separate bottom side flanges each extending from the rear end on opposite sides of the bottom jaw;
- e. a pair of apertures between the bottom side flanges and the bottom jaw that extend from the end of the bottom jaw to a portion of the rear end;
- and
- f. the bottom jaw being configured for insertion into, and movement within a guide on the rail support, the bottom jaw further comprising at least one sharp edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.