US 11,817,819 B2
Automated attachment of solar components
Nathan Schuknecht, Golden, CO (US); and Lucas Creasy, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by Array Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,409.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,348, filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0015330 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 20/30 (2014.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [B23P 21/002 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic (PV) module mounting device assembly system, comprising:
one or more PV module mounting devices positioned along a length of a structural component;
an automated attachment equipment including a fastener installer that is configured to move along a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis and fasten the PV module mounting devices to the structural component at any point along the structural component along the first axis, the second axis, and/or the third axis; and
an assembly platform onto which the PV module mounting devices fastened to the structural component are positioned.