Photovoltaic module mounting assembly having a pin constraint

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10333459
APP PUB NO 20180062569A1
SERIAL NO

15254988

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A mounting assembly for a photovoltaic (PV) module, and systems including such mounting assemblies, are described. In an example, the mounting assembly includes a top support and a bottom support having respective mounting walls, and holes through the mounting walls. A pin assembly may extend through the holes in the mounting walls to constrain the supports, for example, relative to a torque member of a solar-tracking PV system. The pin assembly may include end collars to engage and distribute loading from the torque member.

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  • SUNPOWER CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McKibben, Nicholas James Oakland, US 9 63
Oh, Jason El Cerrito, US 3 22
Wares, Brian San Francisco, US 47 739

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