ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,585, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Electrical components for photovoltaic systems" was invented by Gabriela Bunea (San Jose, Calif.), Thierry Nguyen (San Francisco) and Lewis Abra (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes at least one photovoltaic module installed on a roof deck, at least one electrical connector electrically connected to the photovoltaic module, and at least one electrical component electrically and removably connected to the electrical connector. The electrical component includes a housing and an electronic component located within the housing. The elec...