Dc combiner box
AssigneeDs2.0, LLC
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, wherein the crimp connector includes a viewing window located proximate to an end of a barrel section of the crimp connector, thereby providing visibility of a stripped wire that is fully inserted through the barrel section; and a housing at least partially enclosing the output bus and the crimp connector.
Claims16
A crimp lug for terminating an electrical conductor, the crimp lug comprising:
- a conductive body including:
- a terminal end segment extending to a terminal end, the terminal end segment configured for electrical connection to a bus bar;
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- a wire receiving segment comprising:
- a barrel section defining a wire void configured to receive the electrical conductor;
- a transition zone connecting the barrel section to the terminal end segment, wherein an outer dimension of the conductive body decreases within the transition zone toward the terminal end segment;
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- a viewing window formed through a wall of the wire receiving segment and opening into an interior of the wire receiving segment, wherein the viewing window is positioned at least partially within the barrel section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.