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US 11,377,840 B2Granted
One-piece bonding splice for rails
AssigneePegasus Solar Inc.
InventorsErich Kai Stephan, Glenn Harris, Peter Wilke, Nicholas Wenzel, James Hsieh
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Abstract
A splice having a main body and one or more protrusions extending from the main body. The one or more protrusions can be operable to interfere with a rail when the main body is installed into an opening of the rail. The one or more protrusions may be operable to cut into a coating of the rail and form an electrical connection between the rail and the main body.
Claims12
A splice comprising:
- a first sidewall;
- a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls forming a main body that is substantially “U”-shaped;
- and
- at least one flange extending from the first sidewall, the at least one flange having a bonding edge with a higher material hardness than a coating disposed on a rail, wherein the bonding edge of the at least one flange is operable to cut into a coating of the rail and form an electrical connection between the rail and the splice.
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An assembly comprising:
- a rail;
- and
- a splice, the splice having:
- a main body;
- a first sidewall;
- a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls forming a main body that is substantially “U” shaped;
- and
- one or more flanges extending from the first sidewall, the one or more flanges having a bonding edge with a higher material hardness than a coating disposed on the rail, wherein the bonding edge of the one or more flanges are operable to cut into a coating of the rail and form an electrical connection between the rail and the splice.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.