Auxiliary member

• US 8,404,963 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2011
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yanegijutsukenkyujo Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Yanegijutsukenkyujo Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Shuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chapman, Jeanette E.
• Application Number:
  US13/133,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20120180406A1
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• Field of Search: 521/733, 522/02, 522/047.1, 52210-213, 522/045.4, 522/045.95, 522/045.97, 522/046, 522/046.7, 522/00, 136/251, 136/244, 136/291, 126/704, 126/623, 248/237
• US Class Current: 136/244
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/013 Stackable support elements
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/019 Means for accommodating irregularities on mounting surface; Tolerance compensation means
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/6006 by using threaded elements, e.g. stud bolts
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/801 having hollow parts with closed cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/20 Peripheral frames for modules
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/35 by means of profiles with a cross-section defining separate supporting portions for adjacent modules
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/61 for fixing to the ground or to building structures
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/615 for fixing to protruding parts of buildings, e.g. to corrugations or to standing seams
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 40/80 Accommodating differential expansion of solar collector elements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 Mountings or tracking
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Abstract

An auxiliary member which is inserted into between a roof material and a fixing member including a base portion which is placed on the roof material and has a placement portion, a fixing portion, and a concave groove portion, an erected portion which extends to the upper side from the base portion, and a blocking portion which extends from an upper end of the erected portion to both sides so as to be in parallel with the placement portion and blocks the first frame from being moved to the upper side, includes an engagement convex portion which engages with the groove portion of the fixing member, a main body on which the engagement convex portion is formed on an upper surface, and a concave engagement concave portion which is formed on a lower surface of the main body and is engageable with the engagement convex portion.

Claims

1. An auxiliary member which is inserted into between a roof material and a fixing member including a base portion which is placed on the roof material and has a placement portion on which an outer edge of a solar cell module is placed, a mounting portion which is formed on the lower side with respect to the placement portion and fixes the fixing member onto the roof material, and a concave groove portion which is formed on a lower surface at a position different from the mounting portion, an erected portion which extends to the upper side from the placement portion of the base portion, and a blocking portion which extends from an upper end of the erected portion to both sides so as to be in parallel with the placement portion and blocks the outer edge of the solar cell module from being moved to the upper side, comprising:

an engagement convex portion which engages with the groove portion of the fixing member;

a main body on which the engagement convex portion is formed on an upper surface; and

an engagement concave portion which is formed on a lower surface of the main body and is engageable with the engagement convex portion.

2. The auxiliary member according to claim 1,

where in the main body is formed into a laterally long rectangular frame shape and includes a vertical crosspiece extending in the vertical direction in the main body.

3. An auxiliary member which is inserted into between a roof material and a fixing member including a base portion which is placed on the roof material and has a placement portion on which an outer edge of a solar cell module is placed, a mounting portion which is formed on the lower side with respect to the placement portion and fixes the fixing member onto the roof material, and a concave groove portion which is formed on a lower surface at a position different from the mounting portion, an erected portion which extends to the upper side from the placement portion of the base portion, and a blocking portion which extends from an upper end of the erected portion to both sides so as to be in parallel with the placement portion and blocks the outer edge of the solar cell module from being moved to the upper side, comprising:

an engagement convex portion which engages with the groove portion of the fixing member; and

a main body on which the engagement convex portion is formed on an upper surface.

4. An auxiliary member which is inserted into between a roof material and a fixing member including a base portion which is placed on the roof material and has a placement portion on which an outer edge of a solar cell module is placed, a mounting portion which is formed on the lower side with respect to the placement portion and fixes the fixing member onto the roof material, and a concave groove portion which is formed on a lower surface at a position different from the mounting portion, an erected portion which extends to the upper side from the placement portion of the base portion, and a blocking portion which extends from an upper end of the erected portion to both sides so as to be in parallel with the placement portion and blocks the outer edge of the solar cell module from being moved to the upper side, comprising:

a bar-shaped fixing support portion which is fixed to the mounting portion of the fixing member so as to be relatively movable in the vertical direction; and

a base member which holds a lower end of the fixing support portion and is fixed onto the roof material.