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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
John Kapla, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Kyle Feldmann, Richmond, CA (US);
Bryan Cusick, Berkeley, CA (US);
SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A mounting assembly to mount frames on a mounting surface, the mounting assembly having rails that supports the frames, each rail having an internal side adjacent with an internal recess, and an external side opposite to the internal side with lip; and roof mounting assemblies to affix the rails onto the mounting surface. Each mounting assembly having a mounting block that is fixable to the mounting surface, a mounting plate that is fixable to the mounting block, and a pair rail snap brackets formed at extremities of the mounting plate that receives and locks the rails in place, each rail snap bracket of the pair of rail snap brackets having a pair of notches that lodges in the internal recess of the rail to lock the rail in place and a hook that receives the lip.