United Solar Systems Corporation

Kais Younan

Troy Glatfelter

Kevin R Hoffman

Arindam Banerjee

Mark Lycette

David Wolf

A photovoltaic roofing shingle includes a strip of roofing material having an overlap portion, and a plurality of tab portions depending therefrom and separated by embossed inactive regions. Each of the tab portions includes a photovoltaic generating device affixed thereto. An encapsulating layer covers the top surface of each strip and wraps around the exposed and side edges. The photovoltaic devices are electrically interconnected, and each photovoltaic shingle member includes a hair of electrical terminals for delivering power from said photovoltaic devices. In use, the shingle members are affixed to a roof so that the tab portions of one row of shingles cover the overlap portion of an adjoining row. Electrical interconnection may be made through the roof to the inside of the building, or to a point atop the roof.

Photovoltaic shingle system

A photovoltaic roofing shingle includes a strip of roofing material having an overlap portion, and a plurality of tab portions depending therefrom. Each of the tab portions includes a photovoltaic generating device affixed thereto. The photovoltaic devices are electrically interconnected, and each photovoltaic shingle member includes a pair of electrical terminals for delivering power from said photovoltaic devices. In use, the shingle members are affixed to a roof so that the tab portions of one row of shingles cover the overlap portion of an adjoining row. Electrical interconnection may be made through the roof to the inside of the building, or to a point atop the roof.

A pinching gate valve for isolating the inside of a vacuum chamber equipped with a slot for passageway of a continuous substrate web therethrough. The pinching gate valve contains three components: a base plate having two inclined first sealing surfaces surrounding a substrate slot; a pair of mating jaws mounted for reciprocal movement toward and away from each other, each of said jaws including an inclined, second sealing surface for mating engagement with one of the first sealing surfaces, and a flat clamping surface for engagement with a surface of the substrate web; and means for reciprocating the jaws from a first, open position, to a second, clamping position.

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Kais Younan