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US 10,784,596 B2Granted
Grounding spacer
AssigneeA.K. Stamping Company, Inc.
InventorsMark Andrews, Arthur Kurz
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Abstract
A grounding spacer is provided. The grounding spacer comprising a circular body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a central aperture, and a plurality of radially spaced penetration features, wherein at least one of the penetration features has at least a portion thereof extending from the top surface, and wherein at least one of the penetration features has at least a portion thereof extending from the bottom surface.
Claims5
A solar panel assembly comprising:
- a mounting rail for a solar panel;
- a solar panel mounted to the mounting rail and having an extruded frame;
- and
- one or more grounding spacers in mechanical and electrical contact with the mounting rail and the solar panel, each grounding spacer having:
- a body with a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plurality of apertures with separate upstanding and depending rims;
- the upstanding rims bent from coplanar with the body to perpendicular to the top surface of the body;
- and
- the depending rims bent from coplanar with the body perpendicular to the bottom surface of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.