Direct mounted photovoltaic device with improved front clip
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsJames R. Keenihan, Michelle Boven, Claude Brown, Jr., Ryan S. Gaston, Michael Hus, Joe A. Langmaid, Mike Lesniak
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Abstract
The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic assembly system for securing and/or aligning at least a plurality of vertically adjacent (overlapping) photovoltaic device assemblies to one another. The securing function being accomplished by a clip member that may be a separate component or integral to one or more of the photovoltaic device assemblies.
Claims15
A phoovoltaic assembly system for securing and aligning a plurality of photovoltaic device arrays that are at least partially overlapping one another, the arrays comprising at least:
- a. a first photovoltaic device assembly, with a first lower and a first upper portion, includes:
- i. a first top surface portion, a first bottom surface portion, a first middle surface portion spanning between the top and bottom surface portions;
- b. a second photovoltaic device assembly, with a second lower and a second upper portion, includes:
- i. a second top surface portion, a second bottom surface portion, a second middle surface portion spanning between the top and bottom surface portions;
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- c. at least one clip connectively disposed on the first or second photovoltaic device, the clip including:
- i. at least one clip hook portion at least partially adapted to mate to the overlapping photovoltaic device;
- wherein each photovoltaic device assembly comprises an active portion and an inactive portion and the active portion of each photovoltaic device assembly overlaps and is disposed on the inactive portion of at least one vertically adjoining photovoltaic device assembly;
- and the photovoltaic device assemblies are mounted directly on a building structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.