Patent ID: 11876480
Assignee: GAF ENERGY LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC H  E  Y | IPC E  H

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a roof deck of a steep slope roof;
a plurality of photovoltaic shingles installed on the roof deck,
wherein each of the photovoltaic shingles includes:
a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first edge extending from the first end to the second end, and a second edge opposite the first edge and extending from the first end to the second end,
a head lap portion, wherein the head lap portion extends from the first end to the second end and from the first edge to a location intermediate the first edge and the second edge,
a first side lap located at the first end, wherein the first side lap extends from the first end to a location between the first end and the second end,
a second side lap located at the second end, wherein the second side lap extends from the second end to a location between the first end and the second end,
wherein a first photovoltaic shingle of the plurality of photovoltaic shingles overlays at least a part of the head lap portion of a second photovoltaic shingle of the plurality of photovoltaic shingles,
wherein the first side lap of the first photovoltaic shingle overlays at least a part of the first side lap of the second photovoltaic shingle,
wherein the second side lap of the first photovoltaic shingle overlays at least a part of the second side lap of the second photovoltaic shingle,
wherein the first side lap of a third photovoltaic shingle overlays the second side lap of the first photovoltaic shingle;

a first wireway installed proximate to the first ends of the first and second photovoltaic shingles, wherein the first wireway overlays the first side lap of each of the first and second photovoltaic shingles;
at least one first electrical component, wherein the at least one first electrical component is installed in the first wireway, wherein the at least one first electrical component is electrically connected to the first and second photovoltaic shingles;
a second wireway installed proximate to the second ends of the first and second photovoltaic shingles and the first end of the third photovoltaic shingle, wherein the second wireway overlays the first side lap of the third photovoltaic shingle and the second side laps of the first and second photovoltaic shingle;
at least one second electrical component, wherein the at least one second electrical component is installed in the second wireway, wherein the at least one second electrical component is electrically connected to at least the third photovoltaic shingle, and
wherein the at least one second electrical component is electrically connected to the at least one first electrical component.