US 8,950,157 B1Granted

Solar panel tile roof mounting device installation method

AssigneeSunmodo Corporation

InventorClifford Schrock

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Abstract

Disclosed is a device for mounting solar panels and other equipment to tile roofs, or similar roof structures, that does not require removal of roofing tile for installation. A stanchion is inserted into a hole drilled into a roofing tile. Two or more wood securing fasteners are inserted into diagonal and crossing through-holes in the sides of the stanchion above the tile and exit on opposing sides of the stanchion, with respect to their insertion point, below the tile. The ends of the wood securing fasteners engage the surface of the roof sheeting beneath the tile at a distance outwardly away from the stanchion. With this arrangement, the tile roof equipment-mounting device engages the roof surface over a wider area than the diameter of the hole drilled into the roof tile without the need for removing the roof tile.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A method for installing an equipment mounting device to a tile roof, using a stanchion, the stanchion includes a first end, a second end, and a projected side portion between the first end and the second end, the method comprising:

placing the stanchion through an aperture in a roof tile while the roof tile is affixed to the tile roof, the first end of the stanchion is positioned above the roof tile and the second end of the stanchion is seated directly against a planar roof sheathing surface beneath the roof tile;
inserting a first roof securing fastener, the first roof securing fastener including a first roof securing fastener head and a first roof securing fastener end, into a first through-hole into the projected side portion so that the first roof securing fastener head seats against the stanchion above the roof tile and the first roof securing fastener end passes through an interior of the projected side portion of the stanchion below the roof tile;
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securing the first roof securing fastener end into the planar roof sheathing surface outside of a perimeter of the second end of the stanchion.

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Facts

Application: 14/296,458Filed 5 Jun 2014 · division
Priority: 21 Oct 2013
Granted: 10 Feb 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

F24S 25/61
Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules: for fixing to the ground or to building structures
E04B 1/6801
Of joints, e.g. expansion joints: fillings therefor
H02S 20/00
Supporting structures for pv modules
H02S 20/25
Specially adapted for roof structures: roof tile elements