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Rooftile support for photocell panel

US5768831A · kind A · utility

64Cited by
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29Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 26, 1996
Grant dateJun 23, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S136/291
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a roof tile/roof slate/wall plate 1 made of a plate of clay, ceramic, concrete, fiber cement or synthetic, serving as a carrier for a solar panel 6 with photovoltaic solar cells 7 to be attached to its upper side where said solar panel 6 is attached form-fittingly to the upper side of the roof tile/roof slate/wall plate with at least two sides opposite to one another at the inner edges of a recess of a roof tile/roof slate/wall plate indent, and where the extensions 5, due to their own flexibility, are engaged in a snap-in manner particularly form-fittingly in recesses 4 of the roof tile/roof slate/wall plate indentation 2.

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