Universal sloped roof solar panel mounting system
AssigneeUnirac, Inc.
InventorsChristopher John Bamat, Devin Glen MacRostie
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Abstract
A universal mounting system for supporting a plurality of photovoltaic modules on a sloped support surface, such as a sloped roof, is disclosed herein. The universal 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.
Claims7
A support surface attachment device configured to attach a photovoltaic module to a support surface, the support surface attachment device comprising:
- a base assembly to secure the photovoltaic module to the support surface;
- a clamp assembly that is attachable to the base assembly, the clamp assembly including:
- a lower clamp member including a ledge, and
- an upper clamp member that is engageable with the lower clamp member;
- a skirt configured to be clamped by the clamp assembly;
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- a plurality of skirt spacers including a first skirt spacer and a second skirt spacer, each of the first skirt spacer and the second skirt spacer including:
- a first side configured to sit on the ledge of the lower clamp member when clamped with the clamp assembly,
- a second side opposite the first side, the second side having a first portion and a second portion to engage the skirt against the clamp assembly, the second portion being offset from the first portion,
- a protrusion that extends from the first side, and
- an identification marking located on the second side, the identification marking denoting a thickness dimension,
- wherein a thickness dimension of the first skirt spacer is different than a thickness dimension of the second skirt spacer, such that:
- the skirt is oriented at a first height position when the first side of the first skirt spacer is positioned on the ledge of the lower clamp member, and
- the skirt is oriented at a second height position when the first side of the second skirt spacer is positioned on the ledge of the lower clamp member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.