US 12,281,750 B2
Grip rail clamp
Erich Kai Stephan, Richmond, CA (US)
Assigned to PEGASUS SOLAR INC, Richmond, CA (US)
Filed by PEGASUS SOLAR INC, Richmond, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,012.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,719, filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228372 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F24S 25/60 (2018.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01)
CPC F16M 13/02 (2013.01) [F24S 2025/6003 (2018.05); F24S 2025/6004 (2018.05); F24S 2025/6005 (2018.05); H02S 20/23 (2014.12)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp apparatus comprising:
a first grip body that includes a first groove;
a second grip body that includes a second groove, wherein alignment of the first groove and the second groove forms a groove pair configured to couple to one or more flanges of a rail;
a fastener extending laterally through at least one of the first grip body and the second grip body; and
a flange spring extending from the first grip body and flexibly engaging with the second grip body at a ball-and-socket joint, wherein the flange spring is configured to flex when the first grip body is moved away from the second grip body along a length of the fastener.