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US 11,742,792 B2Granted
Solar module system for metal shingled roof
AssigneeThe R&D Lab Company
InventorsBrian Atchley, Kyle Tripp
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Abstract
A solar power system for a metal shingled roof, including: a plurality of metal roofing shingles; and a plurality of solar module mounting assemblies, wherein each of the solar module mounting assemblies has upper and lower module cleats that support upper and lower solar module frames thereon such that the upper and lower module frames are both spaced apart in a direction parallel to the roof, and spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the roof.
Claims22
A solar power system for a metal shingled roof, comprising:
- a plurality of metal roofing shingles;
- a plurality of solar modules, each solar module being supported in a solar module frame;
- a plurality of solar module mounting assemblies, wherein each of the solar module mounting assemblies comprises:
- a base,
- an upper module cleat mounted onto the base, the upper module cleat being configured to support a lower end of an upper solar module frame, and
- a lower module cleat mounted onto the base, the lower module cleat being configured to support an upper end of a lower solar module frame, and
- a grounding clip that:
- attaches one of the module frames onto one of the module cleats, and
- provides grounding from one of the module frames to another,
- wherein the upper and lower module cleat each have a groove to receive one of the solar module frames therein, and wherein the grooves point towards one another and are configured to support the upper and lower solar module frames such that the upper and lower module frames are:
- spaced apart in a direction parallel to the roof slope, and
- spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the roof slope.
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A solar power system for a metal shingled roof, comprising:
- a plurality of metal roofing shingles;
- a plurality of solar modules, each solar module being supported in a solar module frame;
- a plurality of solar module mounting assemblies, wherein each of the solar module mounting assemblies comprises:
- a base,
- an upper module cleat mounted onto the base, the upper module cleat being configured to support a lower end of an upper solar module frame, and
- a lower module cleat mounted onto the base, the lower module cleat being configured to support an upper end of a lower solar module frame, and
- wherein the upper and lower module cleat each have a groove to receive one of the solar module frames therein, and wherein the grooves point towards one another and are configured to support the upper and lower solar module frames such that the upper and lower module frames are:
- spaced apart in a direction parallel to the roof slope, and
- spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the roof slope, wherein the upper and lower module cleats are attached to the base of the solar module mounting assemblies by a single fastener that passes through a gap between the upper and lower module frames when the upper and lower module frames are spaced apart in the up and down direction parallel to the slope of the roof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.