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.
Claims27
A wire management system comprising:
- 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, a first opening catch having a first opening catch radius and a second opening catch having a second opening catch radius, and an opening provided between the first opening catch and the second opening catch, wherein a portion of the wire channel is formed by a first arc having a first radius and the first radius is larger than the first opening catch radius and the second opening catch radius;
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- an attachment clip connection mechanism.
A wire management system comprising:
- 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, a first opening catch having a first opening catch radius and an opening provided between the channel wall and the first opening catch, wherein a portion of the wire channel is formed by a first arc having a first radius and the first radius is larger than the first opening catch radius;
- the wire management duct having an attachment clip connection mechanism;
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- an attachment clip, wherein the attachment clip that connects to the wire management duct via the attachment clip connection mechanism.
A wire management system comprising:
- 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, a first straight opening catch having a first straight opening catch profile and an opening provided between the channel wall and the first straight opening catch, wherein a portion of the wire channel has a wire channel profile, wherein the wire channel profile is larger than the first straight opening catch profile;
- the wire management duct having an attachment clip connection mechanism;
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- an attachment clip, wherein the attachment clip that connects to the wire management duct via the attachment clip connection mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.