US 12,218,622 B2
Device and method for fixing a support structure for a solar panel to a corrugated roof
Niek De Bie, Deventer (NL)
Assigned to Esdec B.V., Deventer (NL)
Filed by Esdec B.V., Deventer (NL)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/211,351.
Application 18/211,351 is a continuation of application No. 17/262,308, granted, now 11,722,093, previously published as PCT/NL2019/050459, filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2021378 (NL), filed on Jul. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0336109 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 20/23 (2014.01); E04D 11/00 (2006.01); F24S 25/60 (2018.01); F24S 25/615 (2018.01)
CPC H02S 20/23 (2014.12) [E04D 11/007 (2013.01); F24S 25/615 (2018.05); F24S 2025/6005 (2018.05)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for fixing a support structure for at least one solar panel to a corrugated roof comprising at least one corrugated roof plate, the device comprising:
at least one base element comprising at least one aperture;
at least one, at least partially resilient, first leg which is connected to the base element;
at least one, at least partially resilient, second leg which is connected to the base element, wherein the at least one base element separates the at least one second leg and the at least one first leg; and
at least one top structure connected to the base element, wherein the top structure extends from the base element in upward direction, the top structure being configured for coupling with a support structure for at least one solar panel,
wherein the base element, the at least one first leg and the at least one second leg together define a receiving space for receiving at least part of a crest of at least one corrugated roof plate and the aperture is configured for receiving at least part of at least one fastening element for fixing the device onto at least part of a crest of at least one corrugated roof plate, and wherein the at least one first leg and the at least one second leg resiliently deform and diverge away from each other when fastening the device onto the corrugated roof by means of the fastening element, wherein the first leg and the second leg each comprise at least two leg parts, the two leg parts are spaced apart and mutually connected via a connection element which are mutually connected.