Patent ID: 11869997
Assignee: GAF ENERGY LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck, each of the photovoltaic modules includes
at least one solar cell;
an encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, wherein the encapsulant includes
an end,
a first side, and
a second side,

wherein the encapsulant is transparent;
a frontsheet above the first side of the encapsulant, wherein the frontsheet includes an end,
wherein the frontsheet is transparent; and

a backsheet below the second side of the encapsulant, wherein the backsheet includes
a first section, and
a second section adjacent the first section,
wherein the first section is transparent,
wherein the second section is non-transparent,
wherein the end of the frontsheet, the end of the encapsulant, and the first section of the backsheet form a transparent portion,
wherein the transparent portion of a first photovoltaic module of the plurality of photovoltaic modules overlays at least a portion of the at least one solar cell of a second photovoltaic module of the plurality of photovoltaic modules.