US 12,009,781 B2
Jumper module for photovoltaic systems
Peter Clemente, San Rafael, CA (US); Lewis Abra, San Francisco, CA (US); Evan Wray, Cotati, CA (US); Michael Kuiper, Newark, CA (US); and Alex Yang, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,618.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,641, filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007941 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 40/34 (2014.12) [H02S 20/25 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck,
wherein the photovoltaic modules are arranged in an array on the roof deck; and
at least one jumper module electrically connecting a first subarray of the array and a second subarray of the array,
wherein the at least one jumper module includes,
a plurality of electrical wires,
wherein each of the electrical wires includes
a first end, and
a second end opposite the first end of the electrical wire,
an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the electrical wires,
wherein the encapsulant includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface,
wherein the plurality of electrical wires electrically connects the first subarray to the second subarray,
a frontsheet juxtaposed with the first surface of the encapsulant, and
a backsheet juxtaposed with the second surface of the encapsulant,
wherein the backsheet includes
a polymer layer,
wherein the polymer layer forms a lower surface of the at least one jumper module,
wherein the second end of each of the electrical wires extends outwardly from the lower surface of the at least one jumper module, and
a conduit having a first end and a second end opposite the first end of the conduit,
wherein the first end of the conduit is attached to the lower surface of the at least one jumper module, and
wherein the second end of each of the plurality of electrical wires is configured to extend from the second end of the conduit.