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US 2015/0083197 A1Published application
Interface system and method for photovoltaic cladding to standard cladding
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsJoseph A Langmaid, James R Kennihan, Leonardo C Lopez
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Abstract
The present invention is premised upon a system and method for an improved photovoltaic cladding device array with an interface member (500) for use on a building structure with other non-solar cladding materials (600). The interface member is disposed under a portion of the photovoltaic cladding elements (P) and includes a photovoltaic cladding element nesting portion and a building sheatin nesting portion.
Claims19
A photovoltaic device kit comprising:
- a. at least a plurality of PV sheathing elements, adapted to serve as an outer cladding of a structure, in one or more rows or columns as applied to the structure, the PV sheathing element including:
- i. a body portion including lower surface portion that directly or indirectly contacts the structure and an upper surface portion that receives one or more fasteners that attaches the photovoltaic device to the structure;
- b. one or more interface members as applied to the structure, disposed under a portion of the PV sheathing elements, the interface members including a PV sheathing element nesting portion and a building sheathing nesting portion.
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A method of constructing a photovoltaic device assembly on a surface of a structure, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing at least a plurality of PV sheathing elements, adapted to serve as an outer cladding of a structure, in one or more rows or columns as applied to the structure, the PV sheathing element including:
- i. a body portion including lower surface portion that directly or indirectly contacts the structure and an upper surface portion that receives one or more fasteners that attaches the photovoltaic device to the structure;
- b. providing one or more interface members as applied to the structure, disposed under a portion of the photovoltaic devices, the interface members including an photovoltaic device nesting portion and a building sheathing nesting portion;
- c. placing and attaching one or more interface members to the surface;
- d. placing a first individual photovoltaic device on to the one or more interface members in the photovoltaic device nesting portion
- e. attaching a first individual photovoltaic device to the one or more interface members and to the structure;
- f. repeat steps c-e or d-e until a first row of photovoltaic devices is attached to the surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.