F24S 25/632
Side connectors
Official title: Side connectors; Base connectors
F24S25/632 (Side connectors) appears on 355 US grants and 508 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24S- Granted patents
- 355
- Published applications
- 508
- Assignees
- 210
- Inventors
- 696
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 12 |
| 2010 | 4 | 17 |
| 2011 | 4 | 31 |
| 2012 | 9 | 44 |
| 2013 | 19 | 41 |
| 2014 | 31 | 58 |
| 2015 | 37 | 37 |
| 2016 | 34 | 33 |
| 2017 | 30 | 28 |
| 2018 | 28 | 29 |
| 2019 | 22 | 18 |
| 2020 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022 | 18 | 14 |
| 2023 | 10 | 24 |
| 2024 | 28 | 30 |
| 2025 | 19 | 26 |
| 2026 | 9 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and Method for Mounting a Solar Panel Onto a Substantially Flat Mounting Surface6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230031 A1Enstall Europe B.V.
- Rail mounted junction box30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221927 A1Unirac, Inc.
- Locking system for photovoltaic modules with constraint on the longer side25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180490 A1Contact Italia Srl
- Reach Free Mid-Clamps for Attaching Solar Panel Frames to Rails4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155779 A1Enstall US, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for mounting photovoltaic power generating systems on buildings283US 7,435,897 B2Schott Solar AG · 2008
- Support for photovoltaic arrays259US 5,143,556 A1992
- Method and apparatus for mounting photovoltaic modules246US 7,592,537 B12009
- Photovoltaic panel mounting bracket223US 6,959,517 B2First Solar, Inc. · 2005
- Roof member and mounting method thereof176US 6,269,596 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001