Modular sloped roof solar mounting system
AssigneeUnirac, Inc.
InventorBrian James Wildes
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Abstract
A mounting system for supporting a plurality of photovoltaic modules on a sloped support surface, such as a sloped roof, is disclosed herein. The mounting system may include one or more support surface attachment devices, each support surface attachment device configured to attach one or more photovoltaic modules to a support surface; and one or more module coupling devices, each module coupling device configured to couple a plurality of photovoltaic modules to one another.
Claims16
A mounting system for supporting a photovoltaic module on a support surface, said mounting system comprising:
- a clamp assembly including:
- an upper clamp portion including:
- a base,
- a first wall and a second wall rising, respectively, from opposite sides of the base,
- a first flange extending from the first wall in a first direction transverse to the first wall, and
- a second flange extending from the second wall in a second direction transverse to the second wall, the second direction being opposite the first direction;
- and
- a lower clamp portion including:
- a base portion,
- a first wall portion and a second wall portion rising, respectively, from opposite sides of the base portion,
- a first ledge extending away from the first wall portion, a distal end of the first ledge ending at a position that is offset from a horizontal plane extending through a proximal end of the first ledge;
- and
- a second ledge extending away from the second wall portion opposite the first ledge, wherein the second ledge on the lower clamp portion includes a groove at a distal end thereof, such that the groove extends beneath a lower surface of the second ledge, the groove being sized to receive an edge of a skirt.
A mounting system for supporting a photovoltaic module on a support surface, said mounting system comprising:
- a clamp assembly including:
- an upper clamp portion including:
- a base,
- a first wall and a second wall rising, respectively, from opposite sides of the base,
- a first flange extending from the first wall in a first direction transverse to the first wall, the first flange having a cross-sectional profile, and
- a second flange extending from the second wall in a second direction transverse to the second wall, the second direction being opposite the first direction, and a shape of the second flange having a cross-sectional profile that is different than a shape of the cross-sectional profile of the first flange;
- a lower clamp portion including:
- a base portion,
- a first wall portion and a second wall portion rising, respectively, from opposite sides of the base portion,
- a first ledge extending away from the first wall portion, a distal end of the first ledge ending at a position that is offset from a horizontal plane extending through a proximal end of the first ledge, and
- a second ledge extending away from the second wall portion opposite the first ledge;
- and
- a skirt configured to attach to the second ledge in contact with the second flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.