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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2023
Gaf Energy Llc, Parsippany, NJ (US);
David Fredric Joel Kavulak, Fremont, CA (US);
Richard Perkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Alex Sharenko, Berkeley, CA (US);
Caleb Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes a plurality of roofing shingles having a core layer and a cap layer, with first and second ends of the cap layer offset from respective first and second ends of the core layer. The cap layer includes a first surface and a pattern on the first surface. A side lap extends from the second end of the cap layer to the second end of the core layer and an extended portion is located at the first end of the cap layer. The extended portion of a first one of the roofing shingles overlays the side lap of a second one of the roofing shingles. The system further includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, each of the plurality of photovoltaic modules include at least one solar cell.