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US 2014/0179133 A1Published application
Fastening system for mounting solar modules
AssigneeMounting Systems GmbH
InventorMark Redel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a profile rail, a clip holder, a cross-connector and an attachment system for mounting solar modules. The components are so designed and matched to each other that solar modules in many variations can be mounted quickly and easily and with the components having a low weight.
Claims15
A profile rail comprising, in a cross-sectional view:
- a support surface forming a flat bottom side of the profile rail,
- a first and a second receiving space, each having a lateral opening, said openings facing in opposite directions,
- a third receiving space in the form of a T-slot having an opening facing away from the bottom side of the profile rail, said opening being defined by two webs which are mirror-symmetrical relative to a mentally conceived center plane and which are each cranked inwards at their respective free end,
- a first rectangular, central hollow space, enclosed on all sides, which is defined by the support surface and by the first, second and third receiving space, and
- a first and a second hollow lateral space, enclosed on all sides, arranged on opposite sites of the third receiving space and each adjoining one of the first and second receiving spaces.
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A clip holder, comprising:
- a head plate having a threaded hole and
- two legs laterally disposed on the head plate, wherein the ends of said legs, facing away from said head plate, have hooks which are designed to engage cranks.
A cross-connector which, when viewed in a cross-sectional view, comprises:
- a middle web having a right-angled end and a beveled end,
- a first L-shaped extension attached to the middle web closer to the right-angled end than to the beveled end, and
- a second L-shaped extension attached to the middle web closer to the beveled end than to the right-angled end and attached to the side of the middle web opposite the first L-shaped extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.