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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2025
Applicant:

Gaf Energy Llc, Parsippany, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gary Rossi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Peter Wilke, San Jose, CA (US);

David Meakin, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Anshul Gaur, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brian West, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 13/18 (2018.01); E04D 1/00 (2006.01); E04D 1/18 (2006.01); E04D 1/34 (2006.01); F16B 15/06 (2006.01); F16B 43/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 1/18 (2013.01); E04D 1/2918 (2019.08); E04D 1/2942 (2019.08); E04D 1/34 (2013.01); F16B 15/06 (2013.01); F16B 43/00 (2013.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.12); E04D 2001/3423 (2013.01); E04D 2001/3461 (2013.01); E04D 2001/3494 (2013.01);
Abstract

A roofing system, including at least a first, second, and third metal roofing shingle installed on a roof deck adjacent to a plurality of photovoltaic modules, the first and second metal roofing shingles installed in a first row on the roof deck, the third metal roofing shingle installed in a second row on the roof deck, each of the metal roofing shingles including a metal layer and a cover layer, the metal layer including a conductive metal, the cover layer overlaying a portion of the metal layer and exposing at least one side lap of the metal layer, the side lap of the metal layer of the second metal roofing shingle overlaying and in electrical contact with the side lap of the metal layer of the first metal roofing shingle, to form a first grounding path, and the third metal roofing shingle in electrical contact with the first metal roofing shingle, to form a second grounding path.


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