Patent ID: 11949367
Assignee: THE R&D LAB COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  E  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system for aligning and grounding an array of solar modules above a metal shingled roof while permitting thermal expansion and contraction of each of the individual solar modules in the array, comprising:
a metal shingled roof;
an array of solar modules;
an array of solar mounting assemblies distributed across the metal shingled roof, wherein each solar mounting assembly in the array comprises grounding clips configured to ground an upper solar module to a lower solar module while permitting the upper and lower solar modules to thermally expand and contract; and
an array of lateral bonding clips, wherein each lateral bonding clip in the array grounds and aligns a pair of laterally adjacent solar modules to one another while permitting the laterally adjacent solar modules to thermally expand and contract,
wherein each solar mounting assembly in the array comprises:
a base,
an upper solar module cleat mounted onto the base, the upper solar module cleat being configured to support a lower end of an upper solar module, and
a lower solar module cleat mounted onto the base, the lower solar module cleat being configured to support an upper end of a lower solar module,

and wherein the grounding clips are in electrical contact with upper and lower module cleats.