Unirac Inc.

Jason Mayfield

Nathan Schuit

Todd Ganshaw

Darren Womacks

December Cowen

Ernest Gallegos

Klaus Nicolaedis

Stacy Harris

Juan Suarez

Jim Webb

Chris M Meier

Jon Roensch

A mounting sub-assembly includes an extrusion including a first aperture defined therein, a plurality of parallel threads formed on an interior surface of the first aperture defined within the extrusion, and a clamp. The clamp includes a fixed portion monolithically formed with the extrusion. The fixed portion includes a second aperture defined therein. The fixed portion includes a notch defined in an upper portion of the fixed portion, and a third aperture defined in a side of the fixed portion and opening into the second aperture. The fixed portion further includes a movable jaw including an upper lip to engage with the notch, a lower lip to engage with a rail, and a fourth aperture defined in the movable jaw and parallel to the third aperture. The clamp may further include a fastener to fasten the movable jaw to the fixed portion.

Click-on tower and L-foot mount for attaching solar panels to a roof

An apparatus and method for mounting a solar panel array on a surface is disclosed. The solar panel array includes a plurality of solar panel modules and a hybrid solar panel module mounting assembly. The hybrid solar panel module mounting assembly includes a component of a rail-based mounting system and a component of a rail-less mounting system. At least one of the plurality of solar panel modules is mounted on the component of the rail-based mounting system and at least one of the plurality of solar panel modules is mounted on the component of the rail-less mounting system.

Hybrid solar panel mounting assembly

An apparatus and method for mounting a solar panel in a solar panel mounting assembly is disclosed. The solar panel mounting assembly includes a mounting bracket and a helical drive, where the mounting bracket is vertically adjustable by the helical drive. The helical drive engages with a stanchion that is variably positioned along a base member that is fixed to a roof.

Height adjustable solar panel mounting assembly

A click-on clamping mechanism is for attaching, without tools, a clamp+tower subassembly to a slider bar (which is attached to a roof substrate with lag screws). The clamp+tower sub-assembly can have a height-adjustable, rail-less solar panel mounting assembly attached to it for mounting one or more photovoltaic solar panels thereto. The height of the solar panel mounting assembly can be easily adjusted, either before or after mounting of the solar panels. The click-on clamp+tower sub-assembly is easily removable from the slider bar. A click-on L-foot mount for attaching solar mount rails is also described. The click-on structures can be spring-loaded.

Click-on tower and l-foot mount for attaching solar panels to a roof

A one-piece, monolithic tile support mount attaches to a roof and provides rigid structural support for a lateral attachment bar or L-foot that is used to hold a height-adjustable mounting mechanism or mounting rail, which is used to attach solar photovoltaic panels to the roof of a roof covered with roofing tiles. A custom-designed, sheet-metal or polymer, aperture-less replacement tile is mounted between the lateral attachment bar or the L-foot and the tile support mount. Also provided is a compact, magnetic positioning tool that provides proper alignment of a drill bit when drilling or punching holes through the replacement tile.

Replacement tile mount for mounting solar panels on tile roofs

A height adjustable solar panel mounting assembly with an asymmetric lower bracket is disclosed. The asymmetric lower bracket includes a flat support ledge on a first side of the asymmetric lower bracket and a tilted spring support ledge on a second side of the asymmetric lower bracket, where the first side is opposite from the second side. A central box frame is defined by the asymmetric lower bracket where a helical drive element is receivable in the central box frame.

Height adjustable solar panel mounting assembly with an asymmetric lower bracket

A trim-rail for use in a solar panel mounting assembly is disclosed. The trim-rail includes a tilted spring support ledge on a side of the trim-rail. A photovoltaic module is elastically supportable on the tilted spring support ledge when the photovoltaic module is installed on the tilted spring support ledge.

Hybrid solar panel mounting assembly with a tilted ledge

Improved versions of flat flashings are used for waterproofing mounting hardware that holds photovoltaic solar panels on a roof; typically, such a roof is a pitched, composition shingle roof. The flashings are narrow in width, and have chamfered and/or rounded corners, and a variety of alignment marks printed on the flashing for aligning the flashing with adjacent shingles. The height/width aspect ratio of the flashing can range from 1.4 to 2.0, or more.

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Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

Jason Mayfield