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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Gaf Energy Llc, Parsippany, NJ (US);
William Sirski, San Jose, CA (US);
Emma Dohner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Boitnott, San Francisco, CA (US);
GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes solar cells, a first encapsulant encapsulating the solar cells, a frontsheet and a backsheet. The front sheet includes a glass layer. The backsheet includes a first layer and a second layer. Each of the first and second layers includes first, second, third and fourth edges. The first edge of the first layer is offset from the first edge of the second layer, the second edge of the first layer is offset from the second edge of the second layer, the third edge of the first layer is offset from the third edge of the second layer, and the fourth edge of the first layer is offset from the fourth edge of the second layer.