Adjustable solar panel tile roof mounting device

• US 8,806,815 B1
• Filed: 10/15/2013
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sunmodo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sunmodo Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Jun, Schrock, Clifford
• Primary Examiner(s): Michener, Joshua J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US14/054,790
• Time in Patent Office: 308 Days
• Field of Search: 521/733, 136/244, 126/623, 248/295.11
• US Class Current: 52/173.3
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 20/69 in the form of shingles or tiles
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/613 in the form of bent strips or assemblies of strips; Hook-like connectors; Connectors to be mounted between building-covering elements
• 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 25/632 Side connectors; Base connectors
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/70 with means for adjusting the final position or orientation of supporting elements in relation to each other or to a mounting surface; with means for compensating mounting tolerances
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 20/23 specially adapted for roof structures
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/44 Heat exchange systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 Mountings or tracking
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Abstract

Disclosed is a tile roof equipment-mounting device for mounting solar panels and other equipment to tile roofs. The tile roof mount includes a base, a vertical bracket, and a hook arm. The base includes a vertical channel with stepped grooves and a horizontal slot. The vertical bracket has complementary stepped grooves and a vertical slot that engage the vertical channel and horizontal slot of the vertical channel. This combination allows the tile roof mount so that the height is vertically discreetly adjustable and horizontally continuously adjustable.

Claims

1. A device for mounting equipment to a roof with roofing tiles, comprising:

roof securing fasteners;

a planar base configured to secure to the roof beneath the roofing tiles by the roof securing fasteners, the planar base further includes a base portion channel projecting vertically upward from the planar base, the base portion channel including opposing horizontally toothed inner surfaces a first and a second slot parallel to each other and placed horizontally along and on the opposing toothed inner surfaces of the base portion channel; and

an angle bracket, with a first and second bracket portion extending at an angle from opposing sides of a vertex edge, the first bracket portion including toothed outer surfaces configured to engage the opposing horizontally toothed inner surfaces;

a third slot placed vertically along a length of the first bracket portion; and

a nut and a bolt engaging and securing the first, second, and third slots therethrough constraining the angle bracket to be adjusted horizontally along the horizontally toothed inner surfaces and vertically in discrete steps along a height of the base portion channel.

2. The device of claim 1, further including:

an equipment mounting extension bracket;

the second bracket portion includes a U-shaped channel end portion;

the U-shaped channel end portion includes second bracket portion opposing toothed inner surfaces; and

the equipment-mounting extension bracket includes extension bracket opposing toothed outer surfaces for adjustably engaging, in discrete steps, the second bracket portion opposing toothed inner surfaces of the U-shaped channel end portion.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein:

the equipment-mounting extension bracket includes an equipment securing upward projected portion.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein:

the equipment-mounting extension bracket further includes a c-shaped portion equipment securing projected portion.