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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Solarcity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Emil Johansen, San Rafael, CA (US);
Martin Seery, San Rafael, CA (US);
Assignee:
SolarCity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/23 (2014.01); F24J 2/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/23 (2014.12); F24J 2/5247 (2013.01); Y02B 10/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for mounting a photovoltaic array onto short sections of mounting rails such that a section of mounting rail is only installed fewer than all the photovoltaic modules in the array. A single section of mounting rail may support one, two or three photovoltaic modules depending on it's length and position respect to the edge of each module frame.