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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter P. Nguyen, Hayward, CA (US);
Kaleb A. Klauber, Oakland, CA (US);
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile module. The photovoltaic roof tile module can include a front glass cover, a back glass cover, a plurality of photovoltaic structures positioned between the front and back glass covers, and an internal circuit component electrically coupled to the plurality of photovoltaic structures. The internal circuit component is positioned between the front and back glass covers. The back glass cover can include at least one through hole and a metallic plug inserted inside the through hole. A first surface of the metallic plug can electrically couple to the internal circuit component, and a second opposite surface of the metallic plug can be exposed to surroundings external to the photovoltaic roof tile module, thereby facilitating electrical coupling between the photovoltaic roof tile module and another photovoltaic roof tile module.