ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,175, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Solar roofing system" was invented by Richard Perkins (San Jose, Calif.) and Matthew Peterson Grigsby (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a photovoltaic module having photovoltaic cells, each having a width, and a roofing shingle having an exposure zone and a headlap zone. A plurality of slots extends from the exposure zone to the headlap zone and define tooth portions. A first one of the tooth portions has a first side defined by a first slot and a second side defined by a second slot adjacent to the first slot. The first tooth p...