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US 12,281,750 · App. 18/098,012 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Grip rail clamp

Inventor: Erich Kai Stephan (Richmond, CA)
Assignee: PEGASUS SOLAR INC
F16M13/02F24S2025/6003F24S2025/6004F24S2025/6005H02S20/23
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Patent No.
US 12,281,750
App. No.
18/098,012
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses for clamping rails and methods for rail installation are provided. A clamp apparatus may include a first grip body that includes a first groove and a second grip body that includes a second groove. Alignment of the first groove and the second groove may form a groove pair configured to couple to one or more flanges of a rail. The clamp apparatus may further include a fastener, as well as a flange spring that extends from the first grip body and that flexibly engages with the second grip body. Flexing the flange spring may allow the first grip body to move away from the second grip body along a length of the fastener.

Claims (26)

1. A clamp apparatus comprising:

a first grip body that includes a first groove;

a second grip body that includes a second groove, wherein alignment of the first groove and the second groove forms a groove pair configured to couple to one or more flanges of a rail;

a fastener extending laterally through at least one of the first grip body and the second grip body; and

a flange spring extending from the first grip body and flexibly engaging with the second grip body at a ball-and-socket joint, wherein the flange spring is configured to flex when the first grip body is moved away from the second grip body along a length of the fastener.

2. The clamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first grip body and the second grip body includes an inclined surface extending from an upper part of the first groove or the second groove.

3. The clamp apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the inclined surface allows for pressure-based sliding of the flanges of the rail into the first groove or the second groove.

4. The clamp apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first groove and the second groove are configured to engage the flanges of the rail at a bottom portion of the rail such that the inclined surface extending from the upper part of the first groove or the second groove is parallel to the bottom portion of the rail.

5. The clamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fastener is a bolt.

6. The clamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fastener further includes a nut at a distal end.

7. The clamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first grip body and the second grip body has a uniform cross-section geometry along an entirety of a length excluding a portion that includes an aperture.

8. The clamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first grip body attaches to a roof attachment via the fastener.

9. The clamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flange spring has a different thickness than a thickness of a flange extending from the first grip body.

10. A clamp apparatus comprising:

a first grip body that includes a groove having a shape corresponding to a part of a rail;

a second grip body configured to be fastened to the first grip body, wherein the groove of the first grip body is set at a nominal distance from the second grip body when the first grip body and the second grip body are fastened together in a nominal state; and

a flange spring that flexibly engages the first grip body with the second grip body at a ball-and-socket joint when the first grip body and the second grip body are fastened together, wherein the flange spring is configured to flex when the first grip body is moved away from the second grip body into a flexed state, and wherein a flexed distance between the groove of the first grip body and the second grip body while in the flexed state is greater than the nominal distance.

11. A clamp apparatus comprising:

a first grip body that includes a groove having a shape corresponding to a part of a rail;

a second grip body configured to be fastened to the first grip body, wherein the groove of the first grip body is set at a nominal distance from the second grip body when the first grip body and the second grip body are fastened together in a nominal state; and

a flange spring that flexibly engages the first grip body with the second grip body at a tongue joint when the first grip body and the second grip body are fastened together, wherein the flange spring is configured to flex when the first grip body is moved away from the second grip body into a flexed state, and wherein a flexed distance between the groove of the first grip body and the second grip body while in the flexed state is greater than the nominal distance.

12. A clamp apparatus comprising:

a first grip body that includes a first groove;

a second grip body that includes a second groove, wherein alignment of the first groove and the second groove forms a groove pair configured to couple to one or more flanges of a rail;

a fastener extending laterally through at least one of the first grip body and the second grip body; and

a flange spring extending from the first grip body and flexibly engaging with the second grip body at a tongue joint, wherein the flange spring is configured to flex when the first grip body is moved away from the second grip body along a length of the fastener.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE FROM PEGASUS SOLAR INC. TO PEGASUS SOLAR INC PREVIOUSLY RECORDED UNDER REEL AND FRAME 062408/0783. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 19, 2025
From: STEPHAN, ERICH KAI
To: PEGASUS SOLAR INC
Reel/Frame 070568/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2023
From: STEPHAN, ERICH KAI
To: PEGASUS SOLAR INC.
Reel/Frame 062408/0783 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63299719 · Jan 14, 2022
Related Publication 20230228372A1 · Jul 20, 2023
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EP 20893136.0, Erich Kai Stephan, Twist-Lock Solar Module Clamp, Mar. 17, 2022. [cited by applicant]
MX/a/2022/004556, Erich Kai Stephan, Twist-Lock Solar Module Clamp, Apr. 13, 2022. [cited by applicant]
PCT/US2022/052152, Erich Kai Stephan, Rail Splice with Interference Features, Dec. 7, 2022. [cited by applicant]
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EP 23855544.5, EP, Ian Wogan, Roof Attachment With Integrated Sealant, Dec. 2, 2024. [cited by applicant]
Definition of “Splice”, Cambridge English Dictionary, https:/dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/splice downloaded Jul. 22, 2024. [cited by applicant]
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