Roof-mounted junction box with lid
AssigneeEasy Solar Products, Inc.
InventorBenjamin Wade
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Abstract
A junction box includes an enclosable housing comprising sidewalls and a bottom with a bottom interior surface and a bottom exterior surface opposing the bottom interior surface. The housing is configured to mount to a roof of a structure where the roof includes a slope. The junction box includes a flashing attached to the housing and extending horizontally from the housing in a direction planar to the bottom. The junction box includes a lid configured to attach to a top of the housing along top edges of the sidewalls of the housing. The top is opposite the bottom and the lid includes an outer lip configured to overlap and extend past the top edges of the sidewalls of the housing.
Claims20
A junction box comprising:
- an enclosable housing comprising sidewalls and a bottom with a bottom interior surface and a bottom exterior surface opposing the bottom interior surface, the housing configured to mount to a roof of a structure, the roof comprising a slope;
- a flashing attached to the housing and extending horizontally from the housing in a direction planar to the bottom;
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- a lid configured to attach to a top of the housing along top edges of the sidewalls of the housing, the top opposite the bottom, wherein the lid comprises an outer lip configured to overlap and extend past the top edges of the sidewalls of the housing.
A junction box comprising:
- an enclosable housing comprising sidewalls and a bottom with a bottom interior surface and a bottom exterior surface opposing the bottom interior surface, the housing configured to mount to a roof of a structure, the roof comprising a slope;
- a drill zone marking on a bottom interior surface of the bottom along a perimeter of an interior central area of the bottom interior surface and/or within the interior central area;
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- a lid configured to attach to a top of the housing along top edges of the sidewalls of the housing, the top opposite the bottom, wherein the lid comprises an outer lip configured to overlap and extend past the top edges of the sidewalls of the housing.
A junction box comprising:
- an enclosable housing comprising sidewalls and a bottom with a bottom interior surface and a bottom exterior surface opposing the bottom interior surface, the housing configured to mount to a roof of a structure, the roof comprising a slope;
- a sealant guide and/or a sealant disposed on the bottom exterior surface, the sealant guide and/or the sealant surrounding an exterior central area of the bottom exterior surface, the sealant surrounding at least an upper portion and side portions of the exterior central area, wherein the upper portion is oriented toward an upper side of the bottom with respect to the slope of the roof;
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- a lid configured to attach to a top of the housing along top edges of the sidewalls of the housing, the top opposite the bottom, wherein the lid comprises an outer lip configured to overlap and extend past the top edges of the sidewalls of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.