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US 2023/0155540 A1Published application
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.
Claims16
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 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 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 therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.