US 12,463,583 B2
Solar panel module clamp with gussets
Andrew Barron Worden, Greenwich, CT (US); Jacob Grant, Springfield, MA (US); and Zachary Cutting, Westminster, MA (US)
Assigned to GAMECHANGE SOLAR CORP., Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Gamechange Solar Corp., Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/791,864.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/545,162, filed on Oct. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/530,606, filed on Aug. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0226789 A1, Jul. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. H02S 20/32 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 20/32 (2014.12) [H02S 30/10 (2014.12)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic module clamp that secures a photovoltaic module to a structural support surface, the clamp comprising:
a web that separates a first sidewall and a second sidewall at a distal end of the clamp, where the first and second sidewalls are substantially opposing and spaced apart to form a cavity;
where the web includes a plurality of segments comprising a plurality of radiused segments and first and second opposing gussets located on respective opposing ones of the plurality of radiused segments;
where the first sidewall includes a through hole that receives a projection extending from the structural support surface;
where the second sidewall includes a rib extending from a proximate end of the second sidewall towards the distal end of the clamp, and the proximate end of the second sidewall flares outwardly from the cavity;
where the first sidewall has a first sidewall length extending along the first sidewall between the proximate and distal ends that is greater than a second sidewall length of the second sidewall extending along the second sidewall between the proximate and distal ends; and
a bendable projection extending from the first sidewall through the through hole and into the cavity.