US 12,143,060 B2
Electrical bonding splice for solar panel rail guides
Bryan Lester, Phoenix, AZ (US); Roger Pedlar, Phoenix, AZ (US); Jon Ash, Phoenix, AZ (US); Joseph P. Sirochman, Prescott, AZ (US); and Joe Greer, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to IronRidge, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/784,248
Filed by IronRidge, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/064558
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/119458, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,891, filed on Dec. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043600 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 30/00 (2014.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 4/64 (2006.01)
CPC H02S 30/00 (2013.01) [H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H01R 4/64 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for joining and electrically bonding a pair of solar panel rail guides comprising:
A. a spring, the spring comprising:
i. a first resilient band, the first resilient band comprising:
a. a first end wherein the width of the first end is greater than the width of the longitudinal portion of the first resilient band;
b. a second end; and
c. a sharp element extending upward from the first resilient band;
ii. a second resilient band;
a. a first end wherein the width of the first end is greater than the width of the longitudinal portion of the second resilient band;
b. a second end; and
c. a sharp element extending upward from the second resilient band
ii. a central portion coupled to the second ends of the first and second resilient bands comprising:
a. a vertical tab extending upward from the central portion; and
b. a first and a second edge wherein the width between the first and second edges is greater than the width of the longitudinal portions of the first and second resilient bands;
wherein the spring is internal to the pair of solar panel rail guides.