Patent ID: 7387537

Claim:
A connector system for interconnecting electrical elements of a photovoltaic roof tile system comprising: a body portion and a plug assembly, said body portion and plug assembly latchingly engageable, and the body portion having a flexible latching member, a peripheral end and a rib defining a recess open at one end, and a pair of female cavities extending inwardly from the peripheral end adjacent the recess; the latching member extending outwardly from a top edge of said body portion and having a distal end, and a projection formed at the distal end; both of the female cavities configured to receive a conductor portion wherein the conductor portion being integrally formed within the body portion; an edge connector portion along a portion of the periphery of the body portion; said plug assembly having a first indentation for retentively receiving the projection of the distal end, a second indentation for receiving the rib portion, and a pair of annular male protrusions extending outwardly from a peripheral end of the plug assembly, each protrusion configured to receive an end terminal of a cable conductor therein, the cable conductor extending through the plug assembly and out of an opposing end; wherein the pair of male protrusions being configured to sealingly engage the pair of female cavities such that each of the conductor portions forms an electrical connection with the associated cable conductor end terminals when the body portion and the rib portion mate, and the latching member projection is retentively engaged within the first indentation, and the plug assembly disengages by manipulation of the latching member projection member.