Patent ID: 11962268
Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  Y | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A locking spacer device, comprising:
a lower insulating region formed from a thickness of polymeric material, the lower insulating region having an open region, wherein the lower insulating region is oriented parallel to a major plane of a glass-on-glass solar module;
an upper insulating region formed from the thickness of polymeric material, the upper insulating region configured to transition from a first position that is substantially normal to the lower insulating region to a second position that is substantially parallel to the lower insulating region;
a spacer region interposed between the lower insulating region and the upper insulating region and defining a gap between the lower insulating region and the upper insulating region, the spacer region coupling the lower insulating region to the upper insulating region; and
a bend region spatially disposed between the spacer region and the upper insulating region, the bend region having a thickness that is less than the thickness of the polymeric material to enable the upper insulating region to transition from the first position to the second position about the bend region.