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US 9,810,452 B2Granted
Wear reduction system for rooftop mounts
AssigneePegasus Solar Inc.
InventorsErich Kai Stephan, Eric R. Stephan
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Abstract
A building rooftop mounting structure including a sacrificial material that allows freedom of movement between itself and the rooftop as well as between itself and the mounting structure.
Claims16
A mounting structure comprising:
- a mounting base configured to hold a ballast weight and to couple a solar panel assembly to a mounting surface, the mounting base having at least one aperture;
- a sheet assembly for coupling to the mounting base having at least one mounting flange, the mounting flange comprising:
- at least one support arm extending substantially orthogonally away from the sheet assembly, and
- a flange ridge on a terminal end of the at least one support arm;
- and
- wherein a length of the flange ridge and a height of the at least one support arm are adapted to allow the mounting flange to be inserted through the at least one aperture in specific predetermined orientations;
- wherein the mounting base is free to move about the sheet assembly as limited by the at least one aperture and the mounting flange;
- and
- wherein the flange ridge prevents the mounting base from being removed from the sheet assembly except in the specific predetermined orientations.
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A method for mounting a solar energy panel mounting structure to a mounting surface comprising:
- providing a mounting base configured to hold a ballast weight and to couple a solar panel assembly to a mounting surface, the mounting base having at least one aperture;
- and
- coupling a sheet assembly to the mounting base, the sheet assembly having at least one mounting flange, the at least one mounting flange comprising at least one support arm extending substantially orthogonally away from the sheet assembly, and a flange ridge on a terminal end of the at least one support arm,
- wherein a length of the flange ridge and a height of the at least one support arm are adapted to allow the mounting flange to be inserted through the at least one aperture in specific predetermined orientations;
- wherein the mounting base is free to move about the sheet assembly as limited by the at least one aperture and the mounting flange;
- and
- wherein the flange ridge prevents the mounting base from being removed from the sheet assembly except in the specific predetermined orientations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.