| CPC F16B 5/0635 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0642 (2013.01); H02S 20/20 (2014.12)] | 6 Claims |
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1. An assembly for mounting a photovoltaic panel, comprising:
a support that includes first and second parallel flange surfaces;
first and second mounting clamp bases each fastened to an associated one of the first and second parallel flange surfaces, where each of the first and second mounting clamp bases comprises
a clamp base web including first and second through holes longitudinally aligned along the web;
domed uptakes radially extending from the clamp base web, where the domed uptakes separate the clamp base web from opposing first and second longitudinally extending channels each formed from an associated channel base surface, an associated channel sidewall and a channel top surface;
opposing first and second upright fingers extending from each of the channel top surfaces in a direction perpendicular to the clamp base web surface, where each of the upright fingers includes one or more serrated edges on each of its longitudinal sidewalls;
a first and second chamfered mounting clamp base protuberances that extend upward from the clamp base web; and
a first mounting end cap that includes a first chamfered end cap protuberance that extends from a first engagement surface and a second chamfered end cap protuberance that extends from a second engagement surface;
where the first chamfered mounting clamp base protuberance engages the first chamfered end cap protuberance and the second chamfered mounting clamp base protuberance engages the second chamfered end cap protuberance as the first engagement surfaces passes into the first and second longitudinally extending channels.
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