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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2009
Jonathan Botkin, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Simon Graves, Berkeley, CA (US);
Matt Danning, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Botkin, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Simon Graves, Berkeley, CA (US);
Matt Danning, Oakland, CA (US);
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) module assembly including a PV module and a ballast tray. The PV module includes a PV device and a frame. A PV laminate is assembled to the frame, and the frame includes an arm. The ballast tray is adapted for containing ballast and is removably associated with the PV module in a ballasting state where the tray is vertically under the PV laminate and vertically over the arm to impede overt displacement of the PV module. The PV module assembly can be installed to a flat commercial rooftop, with the PV module and the ballast tray both resting upon the rooftop. In some embodiments, the ballasting state includes corresponding surfaces of the arm and the tray being spaced from one another under normal (low or no wind) conditions, such that the frame is not continuously subjected to a weight of the tray.