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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01); E01D 4/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/00 (2006.01); B32B 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/042 (2013.01); B32B 17/10 (2013.01); B32B 17/10018 (2013.01); B32B 17/10761 (2013.01); B32B 17/10788 (2013.01); B32B 27/00 (2013.01); E01D 4/00 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/0488 (2013.01); H01L 31/0508 (2013.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.12); H02S 30/10 (2014.12);
Abstract
One embodiment described herein provides a photovoltaic roof module. The roof module can include at least a first photovoltaic roof tile, a second photovoltaic roof tile positioned adjacent to the first photovoltaic roof tile, and a spacer coupled to and positioned between the first and second photovoltaic roof tiles. The spacer is configured to facilitate a semi-rigid joint between the first and second photovoltaic roof tiles.