Patent ID: 11967919
Assignee: ACCELENERGY POWER PTE. LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  Y | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A building system, the system comprising:
a plurality of photovoltaic building components, each photovoltaic building component comprising:
a metal back plate adapted to be fixed to a building through transverse or longitudinal connection;
a glass plate having a nano-coating;
a plastic film connected to a solar cell, the metal back plate and the glass plate, wherein the solar cell is fixed between the metal back plate and the glass plate;
each one of the plurality of photovoltaic building components having a pair of opposing sides oriented in a longitudinal direction and a pair of opposing ends oriented transverse to the opposing sides;
wherein one of the opposing sides of one of the plurality of photovoltaic building components is disposed overlapping one of the opposing sides of an adjacent one of the plurality of photovoltaic building components, and wherein each of the photovoltaic building components has a plurality, of straight stiffening ribs disposed proximate one of the opposing ends of the photovoltaic building component, each of the stiffening ribs extending parallel to the end and substantially all of a distance separating the opposing sides, and at least one waterproof sealing element disposed adjacent and extending along the stiffening ribs.