Patent ID: 9022021
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: F24S,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A solar panel racking assembly, comprising: a plurality of posts, wherein the plurality of posts form a first row and a second row parallel to the first row; a plurality of purlins, wherein a first set of purlins of the plurality of purlins is coupled to the posts of the first row and a second set of purlins of the plurality of purlins is coupled to the posts of the second row, and wherein the first set of purlins is parallel to the second set of purlins; a plurality of rails coupled to the plurality of purlins, wherein each rail of the plurality of rails is coupled to at least one purlin of the first set of purlins and at least one purlin of the second set of purlins, and wherein the plurality of rails are perpendicular to the first set of purlins and to the second set of purlins; a plurality of solar modules coupled to the plurality of rails; and a plurality of purlin braces, wherein at least one purlin brace of the plurality of purlin braces extends between a lower flange of a purlin of the plurality of purlins and a rail of the plurality of rails at a point between two consecutive posts of the plurality of posts.