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Solar panel holder

US9175878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

K2 Systems, LLC · US

Inventors

David Kemmer · Stuttgart, DE
Melanie Wiggers · Wiernsheim, DE
Thomas Seeg · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 9, 2013
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/50
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A solar module retention unit for clamping retention of a solar module has a base retention unit that is attachable at the mounting site, an intermediate element, and a clamping element, a clamping surface for the clamping element, with a counter-clamping surface of the base retention unit, forming a retention clip for the solar module, and the intermediate element being held on the base retention unit, displaceable transverse to the clamping direction of the retention clip, and the clamping element being mechanically linked to the intermediate element by a screw connection having a rotational axis. The clamping element is guided on the intermediate element rotation-fast by an anti-rotation element with respect to the rotational axis of the screw connection.

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