Solar panel rail
AssigneeKloeckner Metals Corporation
InventorJeremy Jacobs
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Abstract
A solar panel rail for mounting a photovoltaic module frame thereto is provided and has a rail body configured to for attachment of a rail bracket, an indexing flange located on the rail body and configured to box and maintain a module frame position along a short-side direction of the module frame, a tab located on the rail body and configured to hold the module in place along a long-side direction of the module frame, wherein the indexing flange and tab are configured to provide a predetermined locked in installation position of the module frame during installation thereof.
Claims16
A solar panel rail for mounting a photovoltaic module frame thereto, the solar panel rail comprising:
- a rail body configured for attachment of a rail bracket;
- an indexing flange, comprising one or more cutouts, located on the rail body and configured to box and maintain a module frame position along a short-side direction of the module frame;
- one or more cinch clips coupled to the solar panel rail proximate the one or more cutouts;
- a bifurcated tab located on the rail body and configured to hold the module frame in place along a long-side direction of the module frame;
- wherein the indexing flange and tab are configured to provide a predetermined locked in installation position of the module frame during installation thereof.
A solar panel rail for mounting a photovoltaic module frame thereto, the solar panel rail comprising:
- a rail body configured for attachment of a rail bracket;
- an indexing flange located on the rail body and configured to box and maintain a module frame, the indexing flange comprising one or more cutouts;
- one or more cinch clips coupled to the solar panel rail proximate the one or more cutouts;
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- a bifurcated tab located on the rail body and configured to hold the module frame in place;
- wherein the indexing flange and tab are configured to provide a predetermined locked in installation position of the module frame during installation thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.