Patent ID: 8468756
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: E04D,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A roofing assembly disposed on an underlying support and including a plurality of exposed roof tiles, said roofing assembly comprising: a plurality of pan tiles; at least some of said pan tiles including a base and two oppositely disposed side segments, said base disposed in confronting relation to the underlying support and said two side segments extending outwardly from said base at predetermined angles, said plurality of pan tiles disposed in a plurality of elongated rows arranged at a predetermined spacing from one another, said predetermined spacing sufficient to facilitate at least some of the plurality of roof tiles being concurrently disposed in overlying relation to correspondingly disposed side segments of adjacent pan tiles of adjacent ones of said plurality of rows, a solar energy system comprising photovoltaic assembly disposed on an exposed surface of at least said base of at least some of said plurality of pan tiles of a common one of said plurality of rows, a heat dissipating assembly disposed in heat transferring relation to at least said plurality of pan tiles, said heat dissipating assembly comprising a conduit assembly structured to define a path of fluid flow for a heat dissipating fluid; said path of fluid flow extending along at least a majority of a length of at least one of said plurality of rows; a connecting assembly at least partially formed from a heat conductive material and disposed in interconnecting relation between said conduit assembly and said plurality of pan tiles, and said connecting assembly comprising a plurality of clips formed from a heat transferring material having sufficient heat conductivity to facilitate the transfer of heat from a corresponding one of said plurality of pan tiles to said conduit assembly and said heat dissipating fluid disposed therein; said plurality of clips structured to concurrently engage said conduit assembly and at least one of said side segments of a correspondingly disposed one of said plurality of said pan tiles.