US 12,088,241 B2
Spring clip for photovoltaic module mounting
Benjamin C. De Fresart, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to ARRAY TECH, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by Array Tech, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,695.
Application 18/341,695 is a division of application No. 17/474,607, filed on Sep. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,689,152, issued on Jun. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/195,629, filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,177, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0336115 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 30/10 (2014.01); F16B 2/24 (2006.01); H01R 4/2407 (2018.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [F16B 2/24 (2013.01); H01R 4/2407 (2018.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.12)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module mounting system comprising:
a mounting purlin including a mounting flange extending from the mounting purlin and defining first and second mounting slots;
a photovoltaic (PV) module frame including a frame flange extending from the PV module frame, the frame flange interfacing against the mounting flange of the mounting purlin; and
a screwless mounting clip configured to interface with the mounting flange and the frame flange of the PV module frame, the screwless mounting clip including first and second outer walls and first and second inner walls formed of a continuous sheet of material in a generally W-shaped profile, wherein:
the first and second outer walls include first and second locking tabs, respectively, oriented in an upward-facing direction positioned along respective edges of the first and second outer walls, and
the first and second locking tabs are received at least partially within the first and second mounting slots.