| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a device for securing, mounting, aligning, and grounding solar panels to a roof mounted rail. The device in combination with a t-bolt, a nut, and a solar panel end-clamp or mid-clamp, secure, mount, align, and ground the solar panels to the roof mounted rail. The device can be inserted into the top of the rail anywhere along its length. After the device and t-bolt are inserted in the rail, the t-bolt rotated so it inserts into a slot at the bottom of the rail thereby securing the device to the rail, assuring the proper orientation of the t-bolt, and preventing further rotation of the t-bolt. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus for mounting a solar panel to a rail, the apparatus comprising:
a t-bolt, the t-bolt includes a t-bolt body, and a t-bolt head, the t-bolt head includes a t-bolt head length, a t-bolt head width, and t-bolt head planar bottom surface, with the threaded t-bolt body projecting perpendicularly from the t-bolt planar bottom surface; a mounting device, comprising: (a) a base portion, the base portion includes:
(i) a base portion length;(ii) a first and second base portion sides opposing and parallel to each other and oriented along the base portion length, the distance between the first and second base portion sides comprising a base portion width, the base portion width is narrower than the t-bolt head length;(iii) a base portion bottom surface including a base portion slot transverse to the first and second base portion sides, the base portion slot is wider than the t-bolt head width and narrower than the t-bolt head length; (b) a rigid alignment portion rigidly secured to the base portion, the rigid alignment portion includes:
(i) an aperture aligned over the base portion slot and passing a portion of the t-bolt body therethrough;(ii) an alignment portion length oriented along the base portion width and an alignment portion width oriented along the base portion length, the alignment portion length is wider than the base portion width, the alignment portion width is narrower than the base portion length;(iii) an a first and a second alignment portion sides opposing and parallel to each other, projecting perpendicularly upward from the base portion, oriented perpendicularly transverse to the base portion first and second base portion sides, the distance between the first and second alignment portion sides comprising the alignment portion width;(iv) the rigid alignment portion is positioned with respect to the base portion so that a top surface of the base portion presents a planar top surface on opposing sides of the first and the second alignment portion sides; and a first position where the t-bolt head planar bottom surface rests flush against the base portion bottom surface within the base portion slot and the t-bolt is rotationally captive within the base portion slot. |
