ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,973, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Photovoltaic systems with wireways" was invented by Brian West (Larkspur, Calif.), Peter Wilke (Redwood City, Calif.), Peter Clemente (Warren, N.J.), Gary Rossi (Pleasant Hill, N.J.) and Thomas Marentette (San Rafael, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on and arranged in an array on a roof deck. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes first and second ends, and a baseplate located at the first end. The baseplate of one of the photovoltaic modules is substantially aligned with the baseplate...