Junction box for snap together electrical connections to photovoltaic panels
AssigneeSolaredge Technologies Ltd.
InventorsGuy Sella, Leon Kupershmidt
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Abstract
A junction box adapted to provide an electrical connection to an electrical wire attached to a photovoltaic panel. The junction box has a lower portion which has an entry slot to allow entry of the wire into the junction box and a raised protrusion over which the wire is bent and formed to be substantially in the same shape as the raised protrusion. The junction box also has a clamp adapted to be attachable to said lower portion, whereby the clamp holds the wire in place for providing the electrical connection. The wire is preferably bus ribbon. The lower portion preferably has an elastic polymeric element disposed between the raised portion and the wire. The raised protrusion may have an elastic polymeric element.
Claims20
A junction box comprising:
- a lower portion including:
- an entry slot to allow entry of an electrical wire attached to a photovoltaic panel into the junction box;
- and
- a raised protrusion over which the electrical wire is bent and formed to be substantially in the same shape as the raised protrusion.
A method to provide a connection to a photovoltaic panel, the method comprising:
- passing a wire through an entry slot through a lower portion of a junction box;
- bending the wire over a raised protrusion provided in the lower portion of the junction box;
- forming the wire to be substantially the same shape as the raised protrusion;
- and
- clamping the wire onto the protrusion of the lower portion of the junction box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.