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US 11,588,434 B2Granted
Expandable splice for a solar power system
AssigneeNextracker LLC
InventorsDavid Kresse, Sam Heller
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes an expandable splice configured for reinforcing a tube of a solar owner system, the splice including a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and at least one beveled corner panel, wherein the first and second side panels are connected to the top and bottom panels either directly or by the at least one beveled corner panel to form a channel therebetween.
Claims14
A solar tracker system comprising:
- at least one support structure defining a support channel,
- an expandable splice positioned within the support channel, wherein the expandable splice includes a plurality of planar beveled corner panels to reinforce the at least one support structure, the plurality of planar beveled corner panels spaced from a corner of the support channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.