US 12,113,343 B2
Wire management structure for a rail-less solar panel assembly
Shawn Meine, Phoenix, AZ (US); Jon Ash, Phoenix, AZ (US); David F. Taggart, San Carlos, CA (US); Willie Kim, San Mateo, CA (US); Clayton Robert Rietz, Phoenix, AZ (US); and William Anthony Pereira, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to IronRidge, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed by IronRidge, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,384.
Application 15/466,922 is a division of application No. 15/140,399, filed on Apr. 27, 2016, granted, now 9,647,433, issued on May 9, 2017.
Application 17/748,384 is a continuation of application No. 15/466,922, filed on Mar. 23, 2017, granted, now 11,368,005.
Application 15/140,399 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/946,569, filed on Nov. 19, 2015, granted, now 9,800,199, issued on Oct. 24, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/153,403, filed on Apr. 27, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/081,985, filed on Nov. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0278516 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H02S 20/23 (2014.01); F24S 25/33 (2018.01); F24S 25/61 (2018.01); F24S 25/634 (2018.01); H02G 3/00 (2006.01); F24S 25/00 (2018.01); F24S 25/613 (2018.01)
CPC H02G 3/263 (2013.01) [F24S 25/33 (2018.05); F24S 25/61 (2018.05); F24S 25/634 (2018.05); H02S 20/23 (2014.12); F24S 2025/021 (2018.05); F24S 25/613 (2018.05); Y02B 10/10 (2013.01); Y02B 10/20 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable solar panel mounting assembly comprising:
a clamp comprising an upper and a lower portion;
a first mounting plate extending outward from the lower portion of the clamp to an end;
a first flange extending outward from the upper portion of the clamp;
a leveling bolt comprising a drive on a top end of the leveling bolt;
a pivot rail defining a slot; and
a guide configured to move linearly along the slot,
wherein the clamp and the leveling bolt are configured to move linearly along the pivot rail via the guide moving linearly along the slot,
wherein the leveling bolt is non-threadably received by the guide such that the leveling bolt is freely rotatable with respect to the guide,
wherein the leveling bolt is further threadably received by the clamp, and
wherein a height of the clamp with respect to the pivot rail is adjusted up or down depending on a direction of rotation of the leveling bolt.