US 12,143,061 B2
System for mounting solar panels
Andres F. Cavieres Pinilla, Norman, OK (US)
Assigned to The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US)
Filed by The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,044.
Application 17/989,044 is a continuation of application No. 16/757,386, granted, now 11,552,590, previously published as PCT/US2019/055260, filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,713, filed on Oct. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261609 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 30/10 (2014.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [F16B 5/0635 (2013.01); F16B 5/0642 (2013.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.12); H02S 20/23 (2014.12)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp for connecting a structure to a bracket, the clamp comprising:
at least two legs configured to move between a first compressed configuration with the at least two legs compressed towards one another and a second engaged configuration;
a plurality of receiver slots, each of the plurality of receiver slots formed in a respective one of the at least two legs, wherein the plurality of receiver slots are configured to receive a portion of the structure and a portion of the bracket therein, and wherein the clamp is configured to approximate the structure and the bracket when the at least two legs are moved towards the second engaged configuration; and
one or more locking tabs, each of the one or more locking tabs formed in and extending from a respective one of the at least two legs along a portion of the respective one of at least two legs which a receiver slot is formed in, the one or more locking tabs configured to be captured within one or more clamp slots formed in the bracket.