Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical bonding splice for solar panel rail guides
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Application No.: US17784248Application Date: 2020-12-11
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Publication No.: US12143060B2Publication Date: 2024-11-12
- Inventor: Bryan Lester , Roger Pedlar , Jon Ash , Joseph P. Sirochman , Joe Greer
- Applicant: IronRidge, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Hayward
- Assignee: IronRidge, Inc.
- Current Assignee: IronRidge, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Hayward
- Agency: The Webb Law Firm
- International Application: PCT/US2020/064558 WO 20201211
- International Announcement: WO2021/119458 WO 20210617
- Main IPC: H02S30/00
- IPC: H02S30/00 ; H01R4/48 ; H01R4/64

Abstract:
In various representative aspects, an assembly for connecting and electrically bonding two solar panel rail guides. More specifically, the assembly provides a splice that slides within two solar panel rail guides and includes an elongated spring element that is inserted into an elongated slot in the splice and enables the two solar panel rail guides to be electrically bonded together when various bonding techniques are used to allow portions of the spring to penetrate the oxidation layers of the inner surfaces of the rail guides as they are joined together. Another embodiment that utilizes a bonding element that is inserted into an elongated slot of a splice and also enables two solar panel rail guides to be electrically bonded when the rail guides are joined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230043600A1 Electrical Bonding Splice for Solar Panel Rail Guides Public/Granted day:2023-02-09
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