Solar Module Cable Holder Assemblies With Ratcheted Wire Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
The proliferation of electrical cables in solar panel arrays leads to messy entanglements and disorganization, lacking effective management systems to maintain order and prevent meandering or tangling.
Innovation Solution
A cable management system utilizing cable holder assemblies and component mounting assemblies, which include caps, bases with channels, plungers, and ratchets, to securely route and support electrical cables within solar panel modules, ensuring organized routing and reduced clutter.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electrical cables are routed freely in solar panel arrays, then installation flexibility is improved, but cable organization deteriorates leading to messy entanglements
Solution Approach 1:
The cable management system is divided into multiple cable holder assemblies, each with individual channels for different cables. This segmentation allows cables to be organized in discrete sections along the solar panel array, maintaining installation flexibility while preventing overall entanglement through localized organization.
Solution Approach 2:
Cable holder assemblies act as intermediary components between the solar panels and the cables. These holders provide structured routing paths that guide cables through the array, serving as a mediating structure that maintains both cable organization and installation adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
Wire or cable holder assemblies employed in a solar power system are disclosed. In some embodiments, an assembly could include a cap and a base configured with channels. When the cap and the base are clamped to an object (e.g., a solar module frame), enclosures defined by the channels and a surface of the solar frame module are formed to hold cables. In some embodiments, an assembly could include a plunger with at least one leg and a base that includes a receptacle for receiving the plunger and a hook for holding electrical cables. A leg include a rack having teeth adapted to fall into notches or spaces formed by complementary teeth of a pawl found in the receptacle that forms a ratchet which permits insertion of the plunger into the receptacle but not an extraction. If extraction is desired, an external force may be applied to release the pawl.