Patent ID: 8171679

Claim:
An electrical routing structure for a power generating system integrated within unitized curtain wall units mounted within an exterior shell of a building structure and comprising: a plurality of energy conversion modules configured in an array and integrated within rigid frames associated with the unitized curtain wall units; wherein said unitized curtain wall units are adapted to be hung from and situated in front of the building structure; a plurality of contiguous vertical frame members of said rigid frames defining a plurality of vertical mullions within the exterior shell; wherein said plurality of vertical mullions are defined solely by adjacent ones of the unitized curtain wall units and without reference to other building structures; a plurality of contiguous horizontal frame members of said rigid frames defining a plurality of horizontal mullions within the exterior shell; wherein said plurality of horizontal mullions are defined solely by adjacent ones of the unitized curtain wall units and without reference to other building structures; said plurality of vertical and horizontal mullions being adapted as an integrated electrical conduit to carry electrical cabling for said plurality of energy conversion modules in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction within the exterior shell so as to transfer a power output of said array; wherein said electrical cabling includes both power carrying lines and control signal lines.