US 12,013,153 B2
Building integrated photovoltaic system
Peter Clemente, San Rafael, CA (US); Evan Wray, Cotati, CA (US); Mike Kuiper, Newark, CA (US); Brian D. West, Larkspru, CA (US); Gary Rossi, San Francisco, CA (US); Lewis Abra, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard Perkins, San Jose, CA (US); Gabriela Bunea, San Jose, CA (US); and Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,535.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/307,730, filed on Feb. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258369 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 40/34 (2014.01); F24S 20/67 (2018.01); F24S 25/61 (2018.01); F24S 25/70 (2018.01)
CPC F24S 20/67 (2018.05) [F24S 25/61 (2018.05); F24S 25/70 (2018.05)] 18 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,
wherein each of the photovoltaic modules includes
a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
at least one solar cell,
a side lap at the first end,
wherein the side lap includes an upper surface,
a wire cover bracket located at the first end,
wherein the wire cover bracket is on the upper surface of the side lap,
wherein the wire cover bracket of one of the photovoltaic modules is substantially aligned with and adjacent to the wire cover bracket of an adjacent another one of the photovoltaic modules, and
wherein the wire cover bracket is configured to receive at least one electrical component; and
at least one cover removably attached to at least one of the wire cover brackets,
wherein the at least one cover includes a top portion, a first side portion extending from a first side of the top portion, and a second side portion extending from a second side of the top portion opposite the first side,
wherein the top portion of the at least one cover is configured to divert water from entering the wire cover bracket from above the at least one cover, and
wherein the first side portion and the second side portion are configured to divert water from entering the wire cover bracket from a lateral direction relative to the wire cover bracket.