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US 10,601,361 B2Granted
Solar panel mount with compression spacer systems and methods
AssigneeSolar Slate Solutions
InventorDavid Tomolillo
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Abstract
A solar panel mount includes a plate, a compression spacer, a mounting shaft, and a mounting member. The plate includes a first edge and a first surface. The plate defines at least one opening spaced from the first edge. The mounting member is between the plate and the compression spacer, defines at least one channel aligned with the at least one opening of the plate to receive the mounting shaft through an opening of the at least one opening and a corresponding channel of the at least one channel. The compression spacer receives the mounting shaft.
Claims19
A solar panel mount, comprising:
- a plate including a first edge, a first surface extending from the first edge, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the plate defining at least one opening spaced from the first edge, the plate defining a thickness from the first surface to the second surface, the thickness being less than 0.2 inches, the plate including a first portion, a second portion, and a divider between the first portion and the second portion, the first portion and the second portion extending from the first edge and defining the first surface and the second surface, the divider defining the at least one opening of the plate and a cavity receiving the mounting member, the divider extending above the first portion and the second portion;
- a mounting shaft having a first length;
- a mounting member defining at least one channel aligned with the at least one opening of the plate to receive the mounting shaft through an opening of the at least one opening and a corresponding channel of the at least one channel, the mounting member having a first side facing the plate;
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- a cylindrical compression spacer facing a second side of the mounting member opposite the first side, the compression spacer defining an inner cavity surface that receives the mounting shaft, the compressing spacer having a second length less than half the first length.
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A roof mounting assembly, comprising:
- a plate including a first edge, a first surface extending from the first edge, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the plate defining at least one opening spaced from the first edge and from the first surface, the plate defining a cavity on an opposite side of the first surface from the at least one opening, the plate defining a thickness from the first surface to the second surface, the thickness being less than 0.2 inches, the plate including a first portion, a second portion, and a divider between the first portion and the second portion, the first portion and the second portion extending from the first edge and defining the first surface and the second surface, the divider defining the at least one opening of the plate and a cavity receiving the mounting member, the divider extending above the first portion and the second portion;
- a mounting shaft having a first length;
- a mounting member defining at least one channel sized to be aligned with the at least one opening of the plate when the mounting member is received in the cavity such that a first side of the mounting member faces the at least one channel;
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- a cylindrical compression spacer sized to be at least partially received in in a second side of the mounting member opposite the first side of the mounting member when the mounting member is received in the cavity, the compression spacer defining an opening for receiving the mounting shaft, the compression spacer having a second length less than the first length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.