Photovoltaic building materials and related methods of installation
CA 2487774 C · Owner: Mccaskill, John R. · Inventors: Mccaskill, John R.; Kiik, Matti
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Disclosed herein are photovoltaic building materials and related methods of manufacturing and installing such materials. In one embodiment a modular roofing structure comprises a photovoltaic shingle panel having a planar lower surface and an upper surface and a rigid back member having a length the same as or greater than the length of the shingle panel and attached to the planar lower surface of the shingle panel. The roofing structure also includes at least one electrical contact pad on a lower surface of the back member and at least one electrical conductor electrically coupled to the shingle panel via the lower surface and passing through the back member and out the lower surface. In …
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- Filed November 18, 2004 and granted October 30, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 18, 2024.
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