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US 8,507,784 B2Granted
Photovoltaic shingles for roofing and method for connecting the shingles
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorTroy White
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Abstract
A shingle including a flexible sheet; a photovoltaic panel attached to the flexible sheet; an electrical conductive path extending from a first side of the shingle to an opposite side of the shingle; a connector on one end of the electrical conductive path, and a mating connector on an opposite end of the electrical conductive path.
Claims7
A roofing shingle comprising:
- a flexible sheet having a first portion adapted to receive a fastener to attach the shingle to a roof;
- a photovoltaic panel attached to a second portion of the flexible sheet, wherein the panel is entirely on the second portion, and the panel includes a first panel side edge proximate to a first side edge of the shingle and a second panel side edge proximate to a second side edge of the shingle;
- an electrical conductive path extending from a first side of the shingle to an opposite side of the shingle, wherein the electrical conductive path is electrically coupled to the photovoltaic panel;
- a connector on one end of the electrical conductive path, wherein the connector is adapted to couple to a mating connector of a first adjacent roofing shingle, and
- a mating connector on an opposite end of the electrical conductive path, wherein the mating connector is adapted to couple to a connector of a second adjacent roofing shingle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.