Heyco, Inc.

Heyco Products Corp.

Michael Jerome

Thomas A Jerome

William J Coyle

Patrick M Emmet

Vincent Giglio

William Catalino, Jr

A junction box for a photovoltaic system includes a housing having a base and a cover removably attached thereto, and a plurality of guide channels extending from an exterior surface of the housing to an interior portion thereof. The guide channels are sized and shaped to receive a plurality of conductive foil strips from a solar panel array. When the strips are fed into the guide channels, they are guided to and properly positioned within corresponding receptacles. Each receptacle is sized and shaped to receive a buss bar, and each strip is connected to a corresponding buss bar by a low insertion connector. When the cover is fully engaged with the base, bosses extending from the cover press against the connectors, creating a spring tension and pinch and retain the associated strip. As a result, a reliable physical and electrical connection between the strips and the buss bars is achieved. A heat sink having a plurality of fins protrude outwardly from the housing to dissipate heat externally.

Junction box for photovoltaic systems

An electrical plug blade according to a first embodiment the invention includes a blade portion, a wire cradle, two crimp ears, and centering means for centering a stranded wire within the wire cradle. The centering means is preferably in the form of two centering nubs projecting above the base of the wire cradle. Another embodiment of the invention includes a padded range-style blade portion specifically designed for use in 30 to 60 ampere applications. This embodiment can be constructed both with and without the centering means in the wire cradle.

Electrical plug blades

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Toms River, NJ, United States of America

Michael Jerome