Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monolithic bracket for flat roof mounted photovoltaic modules
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Application No.: US15192173Application Date: 2016-06-24
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Publication No.: US10224865B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Steve Bauer , Bill Vaught , Kim Weaver , Caitlin Purigraski , Stacy Harris , Charles Stubbs , David Saenz Alvarez
- Applicant: Unirac Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Assignee: Unirac Inc.
- Current Assignee: Unirac Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Main IPC: E04D13/18
- IPC: E04D13/18 ; H02S20/24 ; H02S30/10 ; F16B5/00 ; F16B5/12 ; F24S25/636 ; F24S25/15 ; F24S25/16 ; F24S25/00 ; F24S25/60

Abstract:
An integral, monolithic mounting bracket supports a corner of a photovoltaic module. The bracket includes a ballast tray for holding one or more ballast blocks, and includes a plurality of monolithic support legs that are disposed at acute angles from a plane of the ballast tray and that are integral with the ballast tray. The bracket can be manufactured by stamping at least two identical sections of metal from the sheet and then bending-up each section on its remaining uncut fourth side into a near-vertical position, so that each bent-up section forms a monolithic support leg.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170373632A1 Monolithic Bracket for Flat Roof Mounted Photovoltaic Modules Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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