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US 1,106,972 · App. 29/923,028 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Rooftop junction box

Inventors: Alex Cheng-Chi Yang (Redwood City, CA); Byron James Madden (Kingwood, TX); Ryan Mac McClister (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Unirac, Inc.
H02G3/088H02G3/081H02S20/23H02S40/34
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Patent No.
US 1,106,972
App. No.
29/923,028
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a rooftop junction box, as shown and described.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2025
From: HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES, INC.
To: UNIRAC, INC.
Reel/Frame 071265/0375 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT ASSETS Recorded Apr 2, 2025
From: TOGWOTEE PASS, INC. F/K/A VYNCKIER ENCLOSURE SYSTEMS, INC.
To: HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES INC.
Reel/Frame 070719/0205 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: YANG, ALEX CHENG-CHI; MADDEN, BYRON JAMES; MCCLISTER, RYAN MAC
To: VYNCKIER ENCLOSURE SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 065968/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: VYNCKIER ENCLOSURE SYSTEMS, INC.
To: HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES INC.
Reel/Frame 065968/0070 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 29854068 · Sep 21, 2022
Continuation In Part 29801056 · Jul 26, 2021
Continuation 29727512 · Mar 11, 2020
Continuation 16781785 · Feb 4, 2020
Continuation 16030488 · Jul 9, 2018
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