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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Building Materials Investment Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Tommy F. Rodrigues, Nutley, NJ (US);
Sudhir Railkar, Wayne, NJ (US);
Daniel E. Boss, Murphy, TX (US);
David J. Gennrich, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Cory Boudreau, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Daniel R. Nett, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Kent J. Kallsen, Jefferson, WI (US);
Building Materials Investment Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A roof integrated solar panel system includes a plurality of solar panel modules, each modules having a frame, a photovoltaic panel mounted to the frame, and a micro-inverter mounted to the frame to one side of the photovoltaic panel and accessible from the top of the frame. The solar panel modules are installable on a roof in aligned or staggered courses to form the solar panel system, and with the installed courses of modules together forming a water barrier protecting the roof.