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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2010
Michelle L. Boven, Midland, MI (US);
James R. Keenihan, Midland, MI (US);
Stan Lickly, Midland, MI (US);
Claude Brown, Jr., Saginaw, MI (US);
Robert J. Cleereman, Midland, MI (US);
Timothy C. Plum, Midland, MI (US);
Michelle L. Boven, Midland, MI (US);
James R. Keenihan, Midland, MI (US);
Stan Lickly, Midland, MI (US);
Claude Brown, Jr., Saginaw, MI (US);
Robert J. Cleereman, Midland, MI (US);
Timothy C. Plum, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure. The device includes an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure.