Patent ID: 9052123
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: F24S,H02S,Y02B,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for supporting a solar module comprising: a first support member; a second support member; a first wind deflector configured to be attached to the first support member and the second support member, the first wind deflector including a first lateral end having a pair of elongated slots and a second lateral end having a pair of holes, each of the pair of holes having a diameter smaller than a length of each of the elongated slots; a first attachment mechanism configured to attach the first support member to the first lateral end of the first wind deflector via the pair of elongated slots to allow local motion of the first wind deflector relative to the first support member in response to thermal expansion or contraction of the first wind deflector, the first attachment mechanism configured to attach the pair of holes of the second lateral end of a second wind deflector to the first support member via the pair of elongated slots in the first lateral end of the first wind deflector, wherein the first lateral end of the first wind deflector overlaps at least a portion of the second lateral end of the second wind deflector; and a second attachment mechanism configured to attach the second lateral end of the first wind deflector to the second support member via the pair of holes in a fixed fashion to restrain local motion of the first wind deflector relative to the second support member in response to thermal expansion or contraction of the wind deflector.