Photovoltaic wire management system
AssigneeSch LLC
InventorBrady Schimpf
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Abstract
A wire management duct having is provided with a wire channel along the length of the duct. In an embodiment, the duct is further comprising a mounting lip to mount the duct onto a mounting rail of photovoltaic array mounting rail system. In another embodiment, a wire management system is comprised of one or more wire management ducts which may be mounted parallel to the mounting rails of photovoltaic array mounting rail system or perpendicular to the rails using an attachment clip. In a further embodiment, mounting clips are provided to attach the wire management ducts directly to the frame of a photovoltaic module.
Claims15
A wire management duct having:
- a length;
- a wire channel provided along the length and configured to hold a plurality of wires, the wire channel further having a channel wall, an opening catch, and an opening provided between the channel wall and the opening catch, wherein a portion of the wire channel is formed by a first arc having a first constant radius;
- one or more mounting lips provided along the length, extending from the wire channel, and formed by a curved section terminating at a hook, wherein the curved section of the one or more mounting lips is formed by a second arc having a second constant radius, and wherein the first constant radius of the arc of the wire channel is larger than the second constant radius of the one or more mounting lips;
- and
- wherein the one or more mounting lips configured to mount the wire management duct onto a mounting rail of a photovoltaic rail mounting system.
A wire management system comprising:
- one or more wire management ducts having:
- a length;
- a wire channel provided along the length and configured to hold a plurality of wires, the wire channel further having a channel wall, an opening catch, and an opening provided between the channel wall and the opening catch;
- and
- one or more mounting lips provided along the length, extending from the wire channel, and formed by a curved section terminating at a hook;
- one or more perpendicular attachment clips having:
- a first end configured to attach to one of the one or more mounting lips of the one or more wire management ducts;
- and
- a second end configured to be received by a photovoltaic mounting rail system,
- wherein the one or more mounting lips are configured to mount the one or more wire management ducts to the mounting rail system in parallel with a mounting rail to which it is mounted, and wherein the one or more perpendicular attachment clips are configured to mount the one or more wire management ducts to the photovoltaic mounting rail system perpendicular to the mounting rail to which it is mounted.
A wire management system comprising:
- one or more wire management ducts, each duct having:
- a length;
- and
- a wire channel provided along the length and configured to hold a plurality of wires, the wire channel further having an opening catch and a channel wall, the channel wall having one or more grooves or tabs;
- and
- one or more frame mount clips having one or more grooves or tabs to engage with the one or more grooves or tabs of the wire channel, wherein the one or more frame mount clips are configured to mount the one or more wire management ducts to a frame of a photovoltaic module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.