Mounting clips for panel installation

Cavieres, Andres; Al-Haddad, Tristan; Goodman, Joseph

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Title: Mounting clips for panel installation

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A photovoltaic panel mounting clip comprising a base, central indexing tabs, flanges, lateral indexing tabs, and vertical indexing tabs. The mounting clip removably attaches one or more panels to a beam or the like structure, both mechanically and electrically. It provides secure locking of the panels in all directions, while providing guidance in all directions for accurate installation of the panels to the beam or the like structure.

Inventors:: Cavieres, Andres; Al-Haddad, Tristan; Goodman, Joseph

Issue Date:: Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1369044

Patent Number(s):: 9705447

Application Number:: 14/073,767

Assignee:: Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS, WEDGES, JOINTS OR JOINTING

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS, WEDGES, JOINTS OR JOINTING
F16B2/241 - {of sheet metal}
F16B5/0685 - {Joining sheets or plates to strips or bars
F16B5/125 - {one of the auxiliary fasteners is comprising wire or sheet material or is made thereof}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
F24S2025/02 - {Ballasting means}
F24S25/11 - using shaped bodies, e.g. concrete elements, foamed elements or moulded box-like elements
F24S25/13 - Profile arrangements, e.g. trusses
F24S25/632 - Side connectors

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
H02S30/10 - Frame structures

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/47 - Mountings or tracking
Y02E10/50 - Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T403/602 - by separate spring

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0005441

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Nov 06

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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