Solar panel coupling stabilization system
In various embodiments, a stabilization assembly may comprise a shaft, a foot, a snap plate and a nut. The foot may be operatively coupled to the shaft. The snap plate may be configured to surround and retain the shaft. The nut may be installable on the shaft and engagable to raise and lower a foot. The stabilization assembly may be installed in a solar panel coupling. The foot may be driven to engagement with a roof surface in response to the coupling being installed on the roof.
1. A stabilization assembly, comprising:
a solar panel coupling comprising a top portion and a bottom portion separate from the top portion, the bottom portion defining a channel along a bottom side of the bottom portion and a first hole defined through the channel and the bottom portion and a second hole defined through the top portion, the bottom portion of the solar panel coupling sized to support 4 solar panels;
a shaft installable through the first hole of the solar panel coupling;
a foot operatively coupled to the shaft;
a snap plate comprising a plurality of deformable arms that are removably installed along the bottom portion and in the channel of the solar panel coupling configured to surround and retain the shaft; and
a nut having a flange, the nut installable on the shaft to form an adjustment assembly, the flange disposed between the solar panel coupling and the snap plate, the adjustment assembly installed in the first hole and retained in the channel by the snap plate and the nut engagable through the second hole of the top portion to change the position of the shaft relative to the solar panel coupling,
wherein the foot is driven to engagement with a roof surface in response to the nut being actuated and the stabilization system assembly being installed in a solar panel array.
2. The stabilization assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the stabilization assembly is configured to stabilize a solar panel coupling to aid in the installation of solar panels.
3. The stabilization assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the shaft and foot are configured to create a loaded engagement between the solar panel coupling body and the roof surface in response to being installed on the roof surface.
4. The stabilization assembly of claim 1 , wherein the solar panel coupling is configured to support a first solar panel and an item.
5. The stabilization assembly of claim 1 , wherein the nut is alignable with the second hole and the passage.
6. The stabilization assembly of claim 1 , wherein the nut is accessible through the second hole and the passage.
7. A stabilization assembly for a solar panel array, comprising:
an item;
a first solar panel;
a solar panel coupling sized to support a corner of each of four solar panels and configured to engage the item and the first solar panel, the solar panel coupling comprising a bottom portion and a top portion separate from the bottom portion, the bottom portion defining a channel and a first hole and the top portion defining a second hole alignable with the first hole;
a foot assembly sized to be received through the first hole of the bottom portion;
a retention plate disposed along the bottom portion in the channel and comprising a plurality of deformable arms that configured to removably installable within the solar panel coupling; and
a leveling element comprising a flange, the leveling element accessible through the second hole of the top portion, the flange disposed between the solar panel coupling and the retention plate and configured to engage and change the position of the foot assembly relative to the solar panel coupling.
8. The stabilization assembly of claim 7 , wherein the stabilization assembly is configured to aid in the installation of the first solar panel.
9. The stabilization assembly of claim 7 , wherein the foot assembly is configured to create a loaded engagement between the solar panel array and a roof surface in response to at least one of the first solar panel and the item being installed on the roof surface.
10. The stabilization assembly of claim 7 , wherein the foot assembly comprises a support portion and a shaft portion.
11. The stabilization assembly of claim 7 , wherein the item is at least one of a second solar panel and an array skirt.
12. The stabilization assembly of claim 7 , wherein the solar panel coupling comprises a body and a mid-clamp.
13. The stabilization assembly of claim 12 , wherein the first hole and the second hole are aligned in response to the body and the mid-clamp being assembled.
14. The stabilization assembly of claim 12 , wherein the leveling element is accessible through the second hole.