ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,490, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Roof ridge joiner for wireways of roofing systems" was invented by Dan Hua (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a steep sloped roof having a roof deck, a ridge, and a ridge cap installed on the ridge. A plurality of photovoltaic modules is installed on the roof deck and arranged in an array. The array includes a first side. A wireway is installed proximate to the first side of the array and a cover is installed on the wireway. The cover includes an upper end that overlays at least a portion of the ridge cap."
The patent was fi...