Solar panel housing
OwnerRajul R. Patelinventor
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Abstract
A housing for a solar panel is provided and is comprised of a glazed element and a tray. The tray includes a plate, a pair of side walls, a top end cap and a bottom end cap. The tray also includes a lip configured to seat the glazed element. Wherein the plate, the pair of side walls, the top end cap, the bottom end cap are formed of a single material and configured as a single integral component and wherein the plate, the pair of side walls, the top end cap and the bottom end cap are collectively configured to form a cavity. Wherein said top end cap includes a top header, said top header extending the length of said top end cap and said top header extending outward from said top end cap and in a direction away from said cavity.
Claims21
A housing for a solar panel comprising:
- a glazed element;
- and
- a tray;
- said tray including:
- a plate;
- a pair of side walls extending generally vertical from said plate and from opposing ends of said plate, said pair of side walls include at least one first aperture, said at least one first aperture configured to allow passage of a tube or conduit;
- a top end cap extending generally vertical from said plate;
- a bottom end cap extending generally vertical from said plate at an opposite end from said top end cap;
- a top surface of said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap;
- a lip, said lip positioned proximate a junction of said top surface of said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap and an interior wall of said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap, said lip including a seating surface that is positioned below said top surface of said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap, said lip extending the interior perimeter of each of said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap, and said lip configured to seat said glazed element such that a top surface of said glazed element is flush to said top surface of said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap;
- wherein said plate, said pair of side walls, said top end cap, said bottom end cap, said top surface of said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap and said lip are formed of a single material and as a single integral component;
- and
- wherein said plate, said pair of side walls, said top end cap and said bottom end cap collectively form a cavity;
- and
- wherein said top end cap includes a top header, said top header extending the length of said top end cap, said top header extending outward from said top end cap and in a direction away from said cavity, said top header including:
- at least one pipe extending outwardly from said top header at both ends of said top header and extending the length of said top header and throughout an interior space of said top header;
- at least one void extending the length of said top header and throughout the interior space of said top header, said void positioned proximate the exterior of said pipe and distinct from said pipe;
- and
- at least one hole extending from said void through said top end cap to said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.