US 11,869,997 B2
Photovoltaic module with transparent perimeter edges
Nicholas Boitnott, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,904.
Application 18/059,904 is a continuation of application No. 17/738,292, filed on May 6, 2022, granted, now 11,527,665, issued on Dec. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,091, filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0092414 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/0481 (2013.01) [H01L 31/0488 (2013.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.12)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck, each of the photovoltaic modules includes
at least one solar cell;
an encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, wherein the encapsulant includes
an end,
a first side, and
a second side,
wherein the encapsulant is transparent;
a frontsheet above the first side of the encapsulant, wherein the frontsheet includes an end,
wherein the frontsheet is transparent; and
a backsheet below the second side of the encapsulant, wherein the backsheet includes
a first section, and
a second section adjacent the first section,
wherein the first section is transparent,
wherein the second section is non-transparent,
wherein the end of the frontsheet, the end of the encapsulant, and the first section of the backsheet form a transparent portion,
wherein the transparent portion of a first photovoltaic module of the plurality of photovoltaic modules overlays at least a portion of the at least one solar cell of a second photovoltaic module of the plurality of photovoltaic modules.