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US 11,608,627 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.
Claims13
A solar panel mount assembly, comprising:
- a first aluminum rail having a first moment capacity and a substantially u-shaped first cross-section, the first aluminum rail including:
- a first inwardly protruding guide;
- a second inwardly protruding guide, the guides at distal ends of the u-shaped first cross-section;
- a first wall segment adjacent the first inwardly protruding guide, and having a first wall thickness;
- and
- a second wall segment adjacent the first wall segment, and having a second wall thickness, the first wall thickness greater than the second wall thickness;
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- a splice having a second moment capacity and a substantially u-shaped second cross-section that fits into the substantially u-shaped first cross-section of the first aluminum rail, the splice including:
- a first edge that cooperates with the first inwardly protruding guide of the first aluminum rail;
- and
- a second edge that cooperates with the second inwardly protruding guide of the first aluminum rail.
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A solar panel mount assembly, comprising:
- a first aluminum rail having a first moment capacity and a substantially u-shaped first cross-section, the first aluminum rail including:
- a first guide having:
- a first surface;
- a second surface that is substantially orthogonal to the first surface;
- and
- a sloped transition surface between the first surface and the second surface;
- and
- a second guide, the first and second guides at distal ends of the u-shaped first cross-section;
- and
- a splice having a second moment capacity and a substantially u-shaped second cross-section that fits into the substantially u-shaped first cross-section of the first aluminum rail, the splice including:
- a first edge that cooperates with the first guide of the first aluminum rail;
- and
- a second edge that cooperates with the second guide of the first aluminum rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.