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US 2026/0171341 A1Published application
Dc combiner box
OwnerDean Solon, Anthony Lee Morgan +1inventors
InventorsDean Solon, Anthony Lee Morgan, Dorothy Lou Michael
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a DC combiner box that has improved field installation capabilities and has decoupled thermal load between input fuses. The DC combiner box can be a junction box that includes a backplate; an input bus mounted to the backplate; an output bus mounted to the backplate; a crimp connector mounted to the backplate and electrically connected to the output bus; and a housing at least partially enclosing the output bus and the crimp connector.
Claims20
A junction box comprising:
- a backplate;
- an input bus mounted to the backplate;
- an output bus mounted to the backplate;
- a crimp connector mounted by a permanent fastener to the backplate and electrically connected to the output bus;
- and
- a housing at least partially enclosing the output bus and the crimp connector.
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A junction box comprising:
- a backplate;
- an input bus mounted to the backplate;
- an output bus mounted to the backplate;
- a plurality of protective devices connected to the input bus, wherein each of the plurality of protective devices is configured to receive a connection from an external source;
- and
- a housing at least partially enclosing the plurality of protective devices.
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A method comprising:
- mounting a junction box to a fixed surface;
- inserting two or more input wires into the junction box and connecting the input wires to an input bus;
- inserting one or more output wires into the junction box and into one or more pre-installed crimp connectors;
- and
- crimping the pre-installed crimp connectors onto the output wires.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.