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Freeman Capital Company

Freeman Holding, LLC

Brian L West

Evan Michael Wray

Thierry Nguyen

Peter Clemente

Michael David Kuiper

Gabriela Elena Bunea

Brian Edward Atchley

Joshua Reed Plaisted

Prabha N Ibrahim

Richard Perkins

Lewis C Abra

Jack Raymond West

Daniel Flanigan

Remy D Labesque

Gideon Bollag

Klaus-Peter Hirth

Mike Kuiper

Jiazhong Zhang

Chao Zhang

Dean R Artis

Marika Nespi

Ryan Bremer

John D Baxter

Shumeye Mamo

Peter J Kushner

Rebecca Zuckerman

Robert J Fletterick

Daniel East

Gaston G Habets

Gary Rossi

Yong-Liang Zhu

Thomas S Scanlan

Heike I Krupka

Clarence R Hurt

Andrew K Shiau

Jonathan Hewlett

Abhinav Kumar

Wayne Spevak

Guoxian Wu

Hanna Cho

Charles Wade Albritton

Shenghua Shi

Hongyao Zhu

Henry Pham

James Tsai

Richard L Wagner

Yoshihisa Suzuki

Paul Lin

James J Apriletti

Toby Tonascia

Thomas Marentette

Peter Wilke

Nikki Achor

Chris Kanaley

Keith R Yamamoto

Samuel J Gillette

Jianming Tsai

Carl Edward Crow

Weijun Feng

Beatrice Darimont

Yong Zhu

Yoshisa Suzuki

Eddie Crow

Jay Atherton

Helke Krupka

Richard Dean Artis

Gaston Habets

Heike Krupka

Dean Richard Artis

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on and arranged in an array on a roof deck. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes first and second ends, and a baseplate located at the first end. The baseplate of one of the photovoltaic modules is substantially aligned with the baseplate of an adjacent another one of the photovoltaic modules. The baseplate is configured to receive at least one electrical component. The substantially aligned baseplates include a longitudinal axis. The system includes at least one wire cover removably attached to at least one of the baseplates. The at least one wire cover is moveable in at least a first direction transverse relative to the longitudinal axis.

Photovoltaic systems with wireways

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, each having a mat with an edge and a spacer with an edge, the edge of the mat being attached to the edge of the spacer. The spacer includes a plurality of support members and a solar module mounted to the support members. Each of the support members includes a ledge. The solar module and the ledge form a space therebetween. The space is sized and shaped to receive an edge of a solar module of another of the photovoltaic modules. The spacer of one of the photovoltaic modules overlays the mat of another of the photovoltaic modules.

Mounting apparatus for photovoltaic modules

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck in an array. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes a wire cover bracket substantially aligned with the wire cover bracket of an adjacent another one of the photovoltaic modules. At least one cover is removably attached to at least one of the wire cover brackets. The cover includes a top portion, a first side portion extending from a first side of the top portion, and a second side portion extending from a second side of the top portion opposite the first side. The top portion of the at least one cover is configured to divert water from entering the wire cover bracket from above the at least one cover. The first and second side portions are configured to divert water from entering the wire cover bracket from a lateral direction relative to the wire cover bracket.

Building integrated photovoltaic system

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed in an array on an exterior wall of a structure. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes at least one solar cell, a first encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, and a frontsheet juxtaposed with the encapsulant. The frontsheet includes a glass layer. The system includes a plurality of siding panels installed on the exterior wall. The plurality of siding panels is adjacent to the plurality of photovoltaic modules.

Photovoltaic modules integrated with building siding and fencing

A system includes a plurality of roofing shingles installed on a roof deck. Each of the roofing shingles includes first and second ends, first and second edges, a head lap, a reveal portion, a first side lap at the first end, and a second side lap at the second end. The second side lap includes a first surface, which has an adhesive. The first side lap of a first one of the roofing shingles overlays and is attached to the second side lap of a second one of the roofing shingles to form a sealed portion between the head lap of the first one of the roofing shingles and the head lap of the second one of the roofing shingles.

Watershedding features for roofing shingles

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic shingles installed on a roof deck, each of the shingles having a first layer including a head lap portion, and a second layer including at least one solar cell. A first photovoltaic shingle overlays at least a part of the head lap portion of a second photovoltaic shingle. The system includes at least one wireway installed proximate to a first end of at least the first photovoltaic shingle.

Photovoltaic shingles and methods of installing same

A building integrated photovoltaic system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed in an array on a roof deck. Each of the photovoltaic modules at least one solar cell, a first encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, a frontsheet juxtaposed with a first surface of the first encapsulant, and a backsheet juxtaposed with a second surface of the first encapsulant. The frontsheet includes a glass layer, a second encapsulant, and a first polymer layer. The backsheet includes a first layer and a second polymer layer attached to the first layer. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes a wire cover bracket, which is configured to overlap the wire cover bracket of an adjacent one of the photovoltaic modules.

A system includes a plurality of storage brackets installed on a roof deck, each including a base plate, an arm and optionally a head and a receptacle. The arm is optionally rotatable. The receptacle of one of a first pair of storage brackets is configured to receive the head of another of the first pair of storage brackets. The receptacle of one of a second pair of storage brackets is configured to receive the head of another of the second pair of storage brackets. The first and second pairs of storage brackets are spaced apart from one another. The brackets are configured to receive at least one roofing material, which is positioned on the base plate of at least one of the first pair of brackets and at least one of the second pair of brackets.

Roof material storage bracket

A roofing shingle includes a head lap and at least one solar cell. The head lap includes at least one handle located between a first end and a second end of the shingle and proximate to a first edge thereof. The at least one handle includes at least one cutout and a gripping portion. The at least one cutout is sized and shaped to receive an external object to facilitate transporting the shingle by a user.

Roofing shingles with handles

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Brian L West