ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,440, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Photovoltaic modules with energy storage components" was invented by Richard Perkins (San Jose, Calif.) and Hasib Amin (Parsippany, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes at least one solar cell, an encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, a frontsheet, a backsheet, a headlap portion, and an energy storage device between the roof deck and the backsheet. The energy storage device is in electrical communication with the at least o...