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

Claim 16:
17. 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 lateral bonding clip comprises a pair of grounding barbs, and wherein a first grounding barb is in contact with a first laterally adjacent solar module frame and the second grounding barb is in contact with a second laterally adjacent solar module frame, and wherein each of the grounding barbs are slidable along a length of the longitudinally extending member such that the grounding barbs move with respect to one another.