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Patent No.:

US 11404997 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2022

Photovoltaic shingles and methods of installing same

Applicant:

Gaf Energy Llc, Parsippany, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Gabriela Bunea, San Jose, CA (US);

Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael David Kuiper, Newark, CA (US);

Evan Michael Wray, Cotati, CA (US);

Lewis Abra, San Francisco, CA (US);

Peter Clemente, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brian West, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);

Attorney:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Brian E Glessner

Assistant Examiner:

Daniel J Kenny

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 1/28 (2006.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); E04D 1/30 (2006.01); E04D 1/34 (2006.01); E04D 1/26 (2006.01); E04D 13/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/25 (2014.12); E04D 1/26 (2013.01); E04D 1/28 (2013.01); E04D 1/30 (2013.01); E04D 1/34 (2013.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.12); E04D 13/17 (2013.01); E04D 2001/308 (2013.01); E04D 2001/3423 (2013.01); E04D 2001/3435 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic shingles installed on a roof deck, each of the shingles having a first layer including a head lap portion, and a second layer including at least one solar cell. A first photovoltaic shingle overlays at least a part of the head lap portion of a second photovoltaic shingle. The system includes at least one wireway installed proximate to a first end of at least the first photovoltaic shingle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bunea, Gabriela. (2022). Photovoltaic shingles and methods of installing same (U.S. Patent No. 11404997). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11404997

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