Patent ID: 8833005

Claim:
A building integrable photovoltaic assembly comprising: a plurality of electrically interconnected photovoltaic inserts, each photovoltaic insert comprising photovoltaic cell; a plurality of sets of electrical leads each extending from a different one of the plurality of electrically interconnected photovoltaic inserts; and a single base sheet comprising a front side supporting the plurality of electrically interconnected photovoltaic inserts and a back side for attaching to a building structure, the base sheet comprising a plurality of through holes, each of the inserts is attached to the front side of the single base sheet, wherein at least one of the sets of electrical leads of the plurality of photovoltaic inserts extends into at least one of the plurality of through holes such that the at least one set of electrical leads is electrically connected on the back side of the base sheet to at least one of a) an electrical component and b) another one of the sets of electrical leads of the plurality sets of electrical leads.