Patent ID: 8695291

Claim:
A through-roof connector assembly comprising: one or more photovoltaic building sheathing elements, the photovoltaic building sheathing element including a sheathing element electrical connector along a sheathing element peripheral edge; a through-roof connector edge piece assembly that abuts a portion of the photovoltaic building sheathing element: wherein the sheathing elements and the edge piece assembly when installed are installed directly on a roof deck of a building structure over roofing underlayment material or previously installed roofing material disposed on the roof deck: and wherein the through-roof connector edge piece assembly includes: a body portion with a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface, an edge piece electrical connector in electrical communication with the sheathing element electrical connector when assembled, one or more wire leads that are connected on one end to the edge piece electrical connector; a wire guiding member with at least one conduit hole, the wire guiding member disposed under the through-roof connector edge piece assembly when assembled wherein the portion of the wire guiding member that forms the at least one conduit hole passes through a hole in the roofing deck to the inside of the building; an under-roof junction device when assembled is located below the roof deck inside the building and is removably connected to the wire guiding member such that the under roof junction device is held in place by the removable connection.