US 11,962,269 B2
Low-profile backrail module clamp
Lucas Creasy, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Nathan Schuknecht, Golden, CO (US); and Benjamin C. de Fresart, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,010.
Application 17/805,010 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/652,440, filed on Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/228,261, filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,326, filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294386 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H02S 30/00 (2014.01); B21D 28/26 (2006.01); B25B 5/16 (2006.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/00 (2013.01) [B21D 28/26 (2013.01); B25B 5/16 (2013.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.12)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module clamp, comprising:
a seating portion including a first wall, a second wall, and a base surface, wherein the base surface connects the first wall to the second wall to create a U-shaped channel, and wherein the base surface includes a hole in the middle of the base surface;
a first jog feature in the first wall that offsets a portion of the first wall from the rest of the first wall;
a second jog feature in the second wall that offsets a portion of the second wall from the rest of the second wall, wherein one or more slots are included along the first jog feature and the second jog feature;
a first tab that extends below the first wall, wherein the first tab includes a first bottom surface that is shaped to interface at least in part with a torque tube; and
a second tab that extends below the second wall, wherein the second tab includes a second bottom surface that is shaped to interface at least in part with the torque tube.