ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,832, issued on March 3.
"Solar roof tile" was invented by Desmond Michael Maguire (Glasgow, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a roof tile comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of side edges and a pair of end edges. The roof tile comprises an overlapping portion for overlapping an adjacent roof tile and an underlapping portion for underlapping another adjacent roof tile. The overlapping portion comprises a solar panel forming the top surface and there are provided electrical connectors in communication with the solar panel for connection of the solar panel to a household power supply s...