Patent ID: 8782972

Claim:
A solar roofing shingle assembly comprising: an attachment panel configured for attachment to a roof deck, the attachment panel including a substrate, and an attachment member mounted to a first surface of the attachment panel substrate; and a solar shingle including a shingle substrate, a solar cell mounted to a first surface of the shingle substrate, and a mounting flange bonded to a backside of the shingle substrate opposite the first surface, the mounting flange extending longitudinally outward from a first longitudinal end of the shingle substrate; wherein the mounting flange is received between the attachment member and the first surface of the attachment panel substrate to mount the solar shingle to the attachment panel; wherein the attachment panel substrate includes a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer bonded to a backside of the first substrate layer; wherein the second substrate layer is longer than the first substrate layer, such that one of a first and a second end of the second substrate layer extends outward of a respective first and second end of the first substrate layer; and wherein the one of the first and second ends of the second substrate layer defines a mounting member.