ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,183, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Electrical cable passthrough for photovoltaic systems" was invented by Peter Clemente (Warren, N.J.), Gary Rossi (San Francisco) and Evan Michael Wray (Cotati, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a passthrough installed on a roof deck. The passthrough includes a base with an aperture, and a lid attached to the base. The aperture of the base is configured to align with an aperture formed within the roof deck. The system includes at least one cable and a grommet installed on the at least one cable. The lid and the base are configured to co...