US 12,719,406 B2Granted

Pull clamp for a solar panel rack

AssigneeKB Racking Inc.

InventorsKevin Ramsaran, Sebastian Seyfarth

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Abstract

A customizable solar panel rack is configured with connectible rails, a bottom support member, and a height-adjustable top support member to accommodate and thereby operate with different shapes and sizes of solar panels. Typically, the various components of the solar panel rack may be comprised of a metal, such as galvanized steel, titanium etc., but other suitable materials may also be possible. The top and bottom support members have two legs extending from their bottom to engage and attach to corresponding arms on a rail. The top and bottom support members each have a pull clamp that secures the solar panel to the top and bottom supports. A pull clamp bolt or screw engages with a threaded bore on the bottom and top support members, which then engages with an access hole on the pull clamp to secure the pieces together.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A pull clamp for a solar panel rack, comprising:

a support member connector forming a flat plane, wherein the support member connector includes a hole;
a middle connector attached to the support member connector, wherein the middle connector forms a flat plane and the middle connector includes an access hole, in which the middle connector hole on the middle connector is formed at a different directional plane relative to the support member connector's hole;
and
a flange connector attached to the middle connector, wherein the flange connector is attached to a tab that extends from an end of the flange connector opposite the middle connector, the tab extending in a corresponding direction as the support member connector's flat plane, and
wherein angles between the middle connector and support member connector and the middle connector and the flange connector each form an acute angle relative to the middle connector's flat plane.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/468,691Filed 16 Sep 2023 · continuation
Priority: 17 Sep 2022
Published: US 2024/0097608 A121 Mar 2024
Granted: 25 Aug 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H02S 30/00
Structural details of pv modules other than those related to light conversion
F16B 2/06
Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening:…
F16B 2/065
External, i.e. with contracting action: using screw-thread elements
F16M 13/02
Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles ; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles: for supporting on, or attaching to, an…

Family

Application29/866,551Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Sep 2022
Application63/376,082Us provisional application · filed 17 Sep 2022
US 2024/0097608 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Mar 2024
US D1,026,800 S1Parent of this continuation
US 12,719,406 B2This patent

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