Patent ID: 8635818
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: F24S,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A mounting system for photovoltaic modules, said mounting system comprising, in combination: a plurality of separate support members supporting and orienting the photovoltaic modules in an array, the array including one or more rows of photovoltaic modules; wherein each of the photovoltaic modules is supported by at least four of the support members; and wherein each of the support members is secured to and supports only one of the photovoltaic modules in each of the one or more rows of photovoltaic modules and is not directly secured to any of the other support members, each of the support members only being structurally connected to any of the other support members by means of one or more of the photovoltaic modules in the array, and each of the support members including a body portion with a plurality of hollow walls and a cavity configured to receive a ballast, the cavity bounded by at least two of the plurality of hollow walls.