PV module mounting method and mounting assembly

Patent · Tue Apr 23 04:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1176498

Lenox, Carl J.S.; Johnson, Kurt M.

A method for mounting PV modules to a deck includes selecting PV module layout pattern so that adjacent PV module edges are spaced apart. PV mounting and support assemblies are secured to the deck according to the layout pattern using fasteners extending into the deck. The PV modules are placed on the PV mounting and support assemblies. Retaining elements are located over and secured against the upper peripheral edge surfaces of the PV modules so to secure them to the deck with the peripheral edges of the PV modules spaced apart from the deck. In some examples a PV module mounting assembly, for use on a shingled deck, comprises flashing, a base mountable on the flashing, a deck-penetrating fastener engageable with the base and securable to the deck so to secure the flashing and the base to the shingled deck, and PV module mounting hardware securable to the base.

• Research Organization: Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Assignee: Sunpower Corporation
• Patent Number(s): 8,424,255
• Application Number: 11/776,316
• OSTI ID: 1176498
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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