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US 12,132,440 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.
Claims13
An expandable splice for reinforcing a support structure of a solar tracker, the splice comprising:
- a top panel;
- a bottom panel;
- a first side panel including a first converging panel attached to a first end of a first median panel and a first diverging panel attached to a second end of the first median panel, the first converging panel and the first diverging panel extending outward from the first median panel away from a center of the expandable splice, the first side panel including two bend points;
- a second side panel including a second converging panel attached to a first end of a second median panel and a second diverging panel attached to a second end of the second median panel, the second converging panel and the second diverging panel extending outward from the second median panel away from the center of the expandable splice, the second side panel including two bend points;
- 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 between the first and second side panels;
- wherein the expandable splice is configured to transition between a narrow configuration and an expanded configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.