Adjustable solar panel tile roof mounting device

• US 8,839,575 B1
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• 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): Wendell, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US14/323,024
• Time in Patent Office: 82 Days
• Field of Search: 521/733, 136/244, 126/623, 248/295.11
• US Class Current: 52/173.3
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/6008 by using toothed elements
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/33 forming substantially planar assemblies, e.g. of coplanar or stacked profiles
• 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 25/70 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: H02S 20/25 Roof tile 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

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 and an angled bracket. The base can include a base portion channel projecting upward from the base, with stepped grooves, as well as first and second slots running along opposing sides of the base portion channel in a direction parallel to the base. The angled bracket can include complementary stepped grooves that engage the base portion channel. The angled bracket can include a third slot that is perpendicular to the vertex between angled portions of the angled bracket. A threaded fastener can adjustably engage first, second, and third slots. 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 upward from the planar base, the base portion channel including opposing horizontally toothed inner surfaces, a first slot and a second slot parallel to each other and placed horizontally along and on the opposing horizontally toothed inner surfaces of the base portion channel; and

an angle bracket, with a first bracket portion and a 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 perpendicularly with respect to the toothed outer surfaces along a length of the first bracket portion; and

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

2. The device of claim 1, wherein, the angle bracket includes an equipment-mounting portion projecting upward from a second bracket portion end and the second bracket portion end is distal from the vertex edge.

3. 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.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein:

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

5. The device of claim 3, wherein:

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