Panel arrangement with clamping clip
AssigneeGottlieb Binder GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKonstantinos Poulakis
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Abstract
A device for fastening panel-shaped mats, in particular flexible photovoltaic solar panels, to a supporting structure, has at least one clamping clip (10) in the shape of a section of a plastic profiled body. The clip has opposing profiled limbs (12, 14) forming a clamping space (18) for a holding region (8) of the mat received in it. In the clamping space, the profiled limbs (12, 14) rest with a resilient clamping force against the upper face and the lower face of the holding region (8). The profiled limb (14), which in the clamped state rests against the lower face of the holding region (8) facing the supporting structure, forms a fixing surface (26) on its outer face provided with a connecting element (30) for attaching to the supporting structure.
Claims22
A panel arrangement, comprising:
- a solar panel having a holding region with upper and lower faces;
- at least one clamping clip having a plastic profiled body with resilient upper and lower profiled limbs, said profiled limbs being opposite one another and forming a clamping space therebetween receiving and holding said holding region by resilient clamping forces applied to said upper and lower faces by said upper and lower profiled limbs, respectively, said lower profiled limb having an outer face facing a supporting structure and forming a fastening surface;
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- a connecting element on said fastening surface attachable to the supporting structure, said connecting element including a touch-and-close fastener part attached to said fastening surface of said lower profiled limb, said fastener part having interlocking elements releasably connectable to interlocking elements located on the supporting structure.
A panel arrangement, comprising:
- a panel having a holding region with upper and lower faces;
- a clamping clip including a plastic profiled body with resilient upper and lower profiled limbs, said profiled limbs being opposite one another and forming a clamping space therebetween receiving and holding said holding region by resilient clamping forces applied by said profiled limbs, said upper profiled limb having a flat starting region substantially parallel to said lower profiled limb, a middle longitudinal region transitioning into an arch extending toward said lower profiled limb to an arched clamping surface and a free end region transitioning to extend away from said lower profiled limb;
- a fastening surface of said lower profiled limb facing away from clamping space;
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- a connecting element on said fastening surface attachable to a supporting structure, said connecting element including a touch-and-close fastener part attached to said fastening surface of said lower profiled limb, said fastener part having interlocking elements releasably connectable to interlocking elements located on the supporting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.