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US 8,813,529 B2Granted
Anti-theft device for inverters
AssigneeSMA Solar Technology AG
InventorAndreas Donth
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Abstract
Anti-theft device for an inverter assembly including an inverter having a housing with a rear panel, a mounting plate to which the inverter is attached and a locking pin connected at one end to the mounting plate and extending through a hole in the rear panel of the inverter housing when the inverter is in a mounted position, wherein the locking pin includes an opening at the other end through which a U-lock can be inserted.
Claims20
An inverter assembly, comprising:
- an inverter having a housing with a rear panel;
- a mounting plate configured to attach the housing to a wall or fixture;
- a locking pin coupled to the mounting plate at one end of the locking pin, wherein the locking in selectively extends through a hole in the rear panel of the housing based on an orientation of the housing with respect to the mounting plate, and wherein the locking pin further comprises an opening at another end thereof, wherein a U-lock selectively secures the rear panel between the opening and the mounting plate based on an insertion of the U-lock into the opening, therein selectively securing the inverter to the mounting plate.
An inverter assembly, comprising:
- a mounting plate configured to be secured to a fixture, the mounting plate having a mounting plate hole associated therewith;
- an inverter housing having an inverter housing hole associated therewith;
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- a locking pin, wherein the locking in selectively passes through the mounting plate hole and the inverter housing hole, wherein the locking pin comprises an attachment component on one end local to the mounting plate wherein the attachment component couples the locking in to the mounting plate, and wherein the locking in comprises an opening on another, opposite end local to the inverter housing, wherein a U-lock selectively locks the inverter housing to the mounting plate based on a position of a shackle of the U-lock through the opening of the locking pin.
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An inverter assembly, comprising:
- an inverter, wherein the inverter comprises a housing having a rear panel, and wherein the rear panel comprises a thru-hole;
- a mounting plate in selective attachment with a wall or fixture, wherein the rear panel of the housing is in selective engagement with the mounting plate;
- a locking pin comprising a first distal end coupled to the mounting plate, wherein the locking pin further comprises a second distal end having an opening, wherein the second distal end is opposite to the first distal end, and wherein the locking pin selectively extends through the thru-hole in the rear panel of the housing based on the selective engagement of the housing with the mounting plate, therein positioning the rear panel between the opening of the locking pin and the mounting plate;
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- a U-lock having a shackle, wherein the shackle is selectively positioned through the opening of the locking pin, wherein the U-lock selectively locks the housing to the mounting plate based on the position of the shackle through the opening of the locking pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.