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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Matthew Danning, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Danning, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/52 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2013.01); F24J 2/5245 (2013.01); F24J 2/5254 (2013.01); F24J 2/5258 (2013.01); F24J 2/5262 (2013.01); F24J 2/5264 (2013.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.12); F24J 2/5211 (2013.01); Y02B 10/12 (2013.01); Y02B 10/20 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49948 (2015.01);
Abstract
An anchor for mounting one or more solar modules to a roof is disclosed. The anchor can comprise a clamp body comprising a central surface and a first arm extending from the central surface. The first arm can have a first clamping face. The clamp body can be sized and shaped to receive one or more webs extending from one or more solar modules, each web having a hem at a distal end. The first arm can comprise a first recess sized and shaped to receive a first hem of a first web of the one or more webs. A clamp member can be configured to clamp the first web against the first clamping face.