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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:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas L Dinwoodie, Piedmont, CA (US);
Adam D Jackaway, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
PowerLight Corporation, Berkeley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
521733 ; 523021 ; 523023 ; 5250606 ; 136244 ;
Abstract
A vented cavity radiant barrier assembly (2) includes a barrier (12), typically a PV module, having inner and outer surfaces (18, 22). A support assembly (14) is secured to the barrier and extends inwardly from the inner surface of the barrier to a building surface (14) creating a vented cavity (24) between the building surface and the barrier inner surface. A low emissivity element (20) is mounted at or between the building surface and the barrier inner surface. At least part of the cavity exit (30) is higher than the cavity entrance (28) to promote cooling air flow through the cavity.