Certainteed Corporation

Corning Incorporated

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3m Innovative Properties Company

Other

Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Corporation

Certainteed Gypsum, Inc.

Plycem Usa, Inc.

Terry R. Bailey

Dale H. Haunschild

Larry K. Stump

Sharon R.a. Guthrie

Louis C. Belisle

Gregory F. Jacobs

Thomas I. Bradshaw

Gregory F Jacobs

Husnu M Kalkanoglu

Ming Liang Shiao

Robert L Jenkins

Keith C Hong

Peter Chihlas

Wayne E Shaw

Stephen A Koch

Ming-Liang Shiao

Robert D Livsey

Stephen William Steffes

Michael J Noone

Alex C Nash

Paul A Benensky

Joseph Charles Gombarick

Richard Allan Snyder

Michael E Blackburn

Edward John Fewkes

Michael James Winningham

Huan-Hung Sheng

Larry K Stump

Terry R Bailey

James E Lasch

Rajesh Ranjan

Michelle Dawn Fabian

Rachel Z Pytel

Brice Dubost

Simon Mazoyer

Jennifer A Millberg

Minas R Apelian

Sean Zhou

Anthony Jouanin

Michael J Lembo

Ching-Kee Chien

Thomas Kevin MacKinnon

Choung-Houng Lai

Christopher C Fisher

Joong Youn Kim

Frederic Christian Wagner

Dale H Haunschild

Mithun N Kamath

David M Hopstock

Paul J Batt

Kermit E Stahl

Bernard A Gonzalez

Thomas P Hedblom

Joseph Quaranta

David C May

Chester A Bacon, Jr

Conor Patrick McDonald

Murray S Toas

Andrew Clyde Brandt

Kenneth David Bosler

Thomas J Dahlin

Flavien Fremy

Todd P Dinoia

Inna Igorevna Kouzmina

Valerio Massara

Richard E Fayling

Jean-Philippe Ndobo-Epoy

Nicholas David Orf

Daniel J Willie

Roger R Kult

Eric S Waters

Louis C Belisle

Van Nhan Nguyen

Richard H Krause

Luc Pierre Vitry

James M Kaczmarczik

Anna M Amatruda

Xixian Zhou

Sam Yuan

Barbara A McDonough

Dale H Walton

Alexander H Plache

Daniel Warren Hawtof

Robert David Shaw

David H Beck

Thomas Charles Gilbert

Jun Hou

Kevin Robert McCarthy

Lung-Ming Wu

Randall Eugene Youngman

Gina M Buccellato

Eric H Urruti

David Neal Schissel

Edward F Murphy

Michael Lesley Sorensen

John William Botelho

Kevin Ying Chou

Richard G Newell

James Dimitrakopoulos

Maryann C Kenney

Robert A Haenggi

Kamila Plevacova

Kristi Lynn Simonton

Ying Wang

Rick James Morse

Mark W Simon

Michael P Daniels

The present disclosure relates generally to roofing elements and methods for making them. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a roofing element in the form of a roofing shingle that includes a body of a foamed cured cross-linked polymer, the body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the body extending substantially in a plane and having a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 35 mm; and a layer of weather-resistant roofing granules disposed on and adhered at the top surface of roofing element. The roofing element can be made by providing a body of wet foamed curable composition, and allowing the curable composition to cure to provide the body of foamed cured cross-linked polymer.

Roofing shingles, tiles and shakes

A method of forming an asphalt mixture includes mixing a polyol with a bio-source material to form a bio-asphalt. The method can further include mixing the bio-asphalt with a bitumen source different from the bio-asphalt to form an asphalt mixture. The bio-source material can include an oil, such as a vegetable oil, an animal fat, or any combination thereof. The bitumen source can include a petroleum-based asphalt. The method can further include adding a modifier, such as a fatty acid, a polycarboxylic acid, a polyacrylic acid, a polyacrylate comprising a copolymer, or any combination thereof. Moreover, a roofing grade asphalt mixture includes a bio-asphalt. The bio-asphalt includes an alkyd, wherein the alkyd is a reaction product of a polyol and a bio-source material. The roofing grade asphalt mixture further includes a bitumen source material and particles.

Roofing product including bio-based asphalt mixture and methods of making the roofing product and the roofing-grade asphalt mixture

A roofing shingle including a lower layer including a headlap and a plurality of tabs extending from the headlap, and an upper layer including one or more fingers, wherein the one or more fingers are disconnected from one another, and wherein each of the one or more fingers is disposed on one tab of the plurality of tabs, wherein a number of the plurality of tabs is different than a number of the one or more fingers. In an embodiment, the lower layer is a lowermost layer of the roofing shingle. In another embodiment, the roofing shingle further includes an alignment feature disposed in an exposure zone of the roofing shingle, wherein the alignment features is adapted to permit alignment of adjacent roofing shingles during installation on a roof.

Roofing shingle

The present invention relates generally to the photovoltaic generation of electrical energy. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic arrays for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. Aspects of the present invention provide a variety of photovoltaic roofing elements and systems that include, for example, interlocking geometries to provide for water handling and integration with conventional roofing materials; and wire management features that can protect wiring and associated electrical components from physical and/or environmental damage.

Photovoltaic roofing elements and photovoltaic roofing systems

The present disclosure relates generally to roofing products, for example, shingles suitable for covering and protecting the roofs of houses, buildings, and other structures. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a roofing shingle including an upper edge, a lower edge, a first end, a second end, a headlap section, and an exposed section. A nail zone extends across the roofing shingle from the first end to the second end within the headlap section. The roofing shingle includes a top shingle layer including a top surface and a bottom surface. A reinforcement strip is secured to the bottom surface of the top shingle layer and overlaps with the nail zone. Further, a self-sealing material is disposed within the nail zone and is configured to form a seal around a mechanical fastener that punctures the roofing shingle in order to secure the roofing shingle to an underlying roof structure.

Roofing products with improved nail zone, roofing systems and methods for installing them

A method of forming an asphalt mixture can include mixing a bio-source material and a bitumen source to form a bitumen mixture. The bitumen mixture can be mixed with a catalyst to form the asphalt mixture. Particles can be added to the asphalt mixture to form a roofing-grade asphalt mixture. In an embodiment, the bitumen source material can have a softening point of at least approximately 93&#xb0; C. and a penetration distance no greater than approximately 25 dmm. In another embodiment, the roofing-grade asphalt mixture can have a softening point of at least approximately 104&#xb0; C., a penetration distance no greater than approximately 12 dmm, a viscosity of at least approximately 3000 cps at a temperature of 204&#xb0; C., or any combination thereof. The asphalt mixture can be applied to a base material to form a roofing product. The asphalt mixture can be applied as a pavement product.

Oxidized mixture of bio-based material and asphalt, a bio-based asphaltic material, and methods of making the same

Roofing granules having a color coating layer are covered with a clear, transparent or translucent outer coating composition including a functional material, such nanoparticles of anatase titanium dioxide.

Post-functionalized roofing granules and process for preparing same

A solar thermoelectric power generation system includes roofing products such as shingles with solar heat reflective areas and roofing products with solar heat absorptive areas. Thermoelectric power generating elements are provided in thermal contact with the solar heat reflective areas and the solar heat absorptive areas.

Solar thermoelectric power generation system, and process for making same

A photovoltaic module includes an encapsulated photovoltaic element and an infrared-transmissive decorative overlay simulating conventional roofing.

Photovoltaic module

Processes for making algaecidal roofing granules are disclosed. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method includes providing composite nanoparticles comprising algaecidal nanoparticles and a carrier material; coating granule cores with the coating material to form a coating layer having an exterior surface; and applying the composite nanoparticles to the exterior surface of the coating layer to provide the algaecidal nanoparticles at exterior surfaces of the algaecidal roofing granules. In another aspect of the disclosure, a method includes dispersing composite nanoparticles in a coating material, the composite nanoparticles including a carrier material and algaecidal nanoparticles, then coating the granule cores with the coating material to form a coating layer; and curing the coating layer, the cured coating layer providing algaecidal nanoparticles at exterior surfaces of the algaecidal roofing granules.

Composite nanoparticles for roofing granules, roofing shingles containing such granules, and process for producing same

Shingle

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Oreland, PA, United States of America

Gregory F Jacobs