US 12,445,089 B2
Photovoltaic module, and associated kit, system, and method
Lewis Abra, San Francisco, CA (US); Henry Pham, San Jose, CA (US); Richard Perkins, San Jose, CA (US); Caleb Cheung, San Jose, CA (US); and Hasib Amin, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Assigned to GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/431,511.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/483,136, filed on Feb. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0266998 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 40/36 (2014.12) [H02S 20/23 (2014.12); H02S 40/30 (2014.12)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic module, comprising:
a base portion,
wherein the base portion comprises:
a first layer, and
at least one solar cell,
wherein the at least one solar cell is above the first layer,
wherein the first layer has an edge;
a headlap portion,
wherein the headlap portion comprises a second layer,
wherein the second layer has an edge; and
a weld seam,
wherein the headlap portion and the base portion are joined to one another along the edge of the first layer and the edge of the second layer, and
wherein the base portion connects with the headlap portion at the weld seam.