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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2018
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bobby Yang, Dublin, CA (US);
Peter P. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Piotr Zajac, Foster City, CA (US);
Scott Tripp, Milpitas, CA (US);
Seth M. Winger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kaleb A. Klauber, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian E. Atchley, Petaluma, CA (US);
Charles Almy, Berkeley, CA (US);
Andreas Meisel, San Jose, CA (US);
Alex Mayer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof module. The photovoltaic roof module can include a plurality photovoltaic roof tiles. A respective photovoltaic roof tile can include a glass front cover, a back cover that includes glass of photovoltaic backsheet, and a plurality of photovoltaic structures encapsulated between the glass front cover and the back cover by an encapsulant. The photovoltaic roof tile can be configured to function as a roof tile when placed on a rooftop of a building, thereby protecting the building from weather elements.