US 12,476,585 B2
Electrical components for photovoltaic systems
Gabriela Bunea, San Jose, CA (US); Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US); and Lewis Abra, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/802,711.
Application 18/802,711 is a continuation of application No. 17/703,671, filed on Mar. 24, 2022, granted, now 12,095,415.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,475, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0047239 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 40/34 (2014.12) [H02S 20/23 (2014.12); H02S 40/32 (2014.12)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck,
wherein each of the plurality of photovoltaic modules includes a head lap; and
a plurality of electrical components, each of which is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of photovoltaic modules,
wherein each of the plurality of electrical components is located on the head lap of the corresponding one of the plurality of photovoltaic modules,
wherein each of the plurality of electrical components includes
a base,
wherein the base is electrically connected to the at least corresponding one of the plurality of photovoltaic modules, and
a cap,
wherein the cap includes an electronic component,
wherein the cap is moveable between an installed position, in which the cap is attached to the base and the electronic component is mechanically and electrically connected to the base, and a disconnected position, in which the cap is removed from the base and the electronic component is mechanically and electrically disconnected from the base.