US 12,347,961 B2
Dead-end plugs for solar cables and related systems and methods
Daniel Ferreira Ribeiro, Holly Springs, NC (US); Frank Rosenkranz, Vienna (AT); Kathryn Marie Maher, Cary, NC (US); Freddy Jean Philip Dendas, s'Hertogenbosch (NL); Matthew Schuster, Garner, NC (US); and Austin Draughn, Garner, NC (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH et al, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); Tyco Electronics Austria GmbH, Vienna (AT); and TE Connectivity Nederland BV, s'Hertogenbosch (NL)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,328, filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023404 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/443 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/533 (2006.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01)
CPC H01R 13/443 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5221 (2013.01); H01R 13/533 (2013.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for sealing a terminated solar cable, the system comprising:
a connector configured to receive a terminal end of a solar cable, the connector comprising a locking feature; and
a plug comprising a locking feature,
wherein, when the locking feature of the plug engages the locking feature of the connector to lock the plug and the connector in a locked state, the solar cable is sealed to provide safety from voltage and protection from dust and liquid,
wherein the plug comprises a body comprising a first end portion, an opposite second end portion, and a central portion between the first and second end portions,
wherein the locking feature of the plug is at the central portion of the body and/or the first end portion of the body,
wherein the plug comprises a tab extending from the central portion of the body to the second end portion of the body, and
wherein the tab widens from the central portion of the body toward the second end portion of the body.