Patents Assigned to CertainTeed Corporation
  • Photovoltaic roofing elements and photovoltaic roofing systems
    Patent number: 8950128
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the photovoltaic generation of electrical energy. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic arrays for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. Aspects of the present invention provide a variety of photovoltaic roofing elements and systems that include, for example, interlocking geometries to provide for water handling and integration with conventional roofing materials; and wire management features that can protect wiring and associated electrical components from physical and/or environmental damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Peter Chihlas, Robert D. Livsey
  • Shingle with reinforcement layer
    Patent number: 8950161
    Abstract: A shingle, a method of making it, and a roof embodying the shingle is provided, in which an exterior surface of the shingle is provided with an attached reinforcement layer through which fasteners may be applied when the shingle is applied to a roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Stephen A. Koch
  • Photovoltaic devices including cover elements, and photovoltaic systems, arrays, roofs and methods using them
    Patent number: 8946544
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photovoltaic device having an active face, an active area on the active face and an operating wavelength range; and a cover element attached to the photovoltaic device and disposed over the active area of the active face of the photovoltaic element, the cover element having an opacity of at least about 25%. The present invention also provides photovoltaic systems, arrays, roofs and methods using such photovoltaic devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the photovoltaic device is a photovoltaic roofing element in which a photovoltaic element is integrated with a roofing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory F. Jacobs, Wayne E. Shaw, Maryann C. Kenney
  • Photovoltaic roofing elements, photovoltaic roofing systems, methods and kits
    Patent number: 8943766
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a photovoltaic roofing element for disposal on a roof deck. The photovoltaic roofing element includes a roofing substrate including a top end and a bottom end. The roofing substrate includes an upward-facing zone having an upward-facing surface and a bottom end; a lateral flexible zone extending adjacent the bottom end of the upward-facing zone, the lateral flexible zone having a bottom end; and a strip of material disposed at the bottom end of the lateral flexible zone having a first surface on the same side of the substrate as the upward-facing surface and a height of at least about 1 cm as measured along a line from the top end to the bottom end of the roofing substrate; and a photovoltaic element disposed on the upward-facing surface of the upward facing zone of the roofing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph C. Gombarick, Jr., Robert L. Jenkins
  • Roofing shingles with reduced usage of conventional shingle material having side lap extension
    Patent number: 8925272
    Abstract: A roofing shingle includes a shingle body having a buttlap portion with a butt edge and a headlap portion with a head edge. The shingle body also has a first side edge, a second side edge, and an exposure zone extending from the butt edge toward the headlap portion that is configured to be exposed to the environment when the shingle is installed on a roof. A water impermeable sheet is attached to the shingle body. The sheet has a width, length, first end and second end. The width extends from approximately the head edge to approximately the butt edge of the shingle body. The length extends from the first end to the second end. At least a portion of the length extends beyond the first side edge of the shingle body by at least about 2 inches. The sheet is formed from a different material than the shingle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Anna M. Amatruda, Peter Chihlas, Robert L. Jenkins, Stephen A. Koch, Jennifer A. Millberg, Richard A. Snyder, Dale H. Walton
  • Photocatalytic colored roofing granules
    Patent number: 8920926
    Abstract: Algae-resistant roofing granules include a mineral core and an exterior coating including clay, colloidal silica, phosphate, a metal oxide, and a photocatalytic particulate having an average size under 100 nm. By varying the proportions of the components to the binder for the exterior coating, improved control of the pot life of the coating composition can be achieved, and the binder can be formulated to accommodate different manufacturing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Keith C. Hong, Ming Liang Shiao, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Asphalt shingle, roof covering therewith and method of making the same with synchronized adhesive positioning thereon
    Patent number: 8915037
    Abstract: An asphalt shingle is provided, in which a base mat is impregnated with an asphalt material and has headlap and tab portions, with the tab portion being a plurality of tabs separated by slots, with adhesive applied to the top surface of the shingle in the headlap portion and above the upper ends of the slots, but wherein the headlap portion of the shingle has adhesive-free zones above the centers of the tabs. A roof covering is provided with the shingles being in overlying and underlying courses, with shingles in each course being laterally offset and with the adhesive-free zones being such that no adhesive on a shingle in an underlying course is visible through slots of shingles in a next-overlying course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Jenkins
  • Photovoltaic roofing systems with inner corner flashings
    Patent number: 8898970
    Abstract: The present invention relates particularly to photovoltaic roofing products for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy and provides inside corner flashings useful for flashing photovoltaic roofing systems in which photovoltaic roofing elements are disposed in a staggered configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Christopher C. Fisher
  • Roofing shingles with reduced usage of conventional shingle material and having a combination vertical and lateral lap extension
    Patent number: 8898963
    Abstract: A roofing shingle includes a shingle body having a buttlap portion with a butt edge and a headlap portion with a head edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. An exposure zone extends from the butt edge toward the headlap portion and is configured to be exposed to the environment when the shingle is installed on a roof. A water impermeable sheet is attached to the shingle body and has a width, length, first end and second end. The width extends from between about the butt and head edges to beyond the head edge of the shingle body. The length extends from between about the first and second side edges to beyond the first side edge. The sheet is formed from a different material than the shingle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Anna M. Amatruda, Peter Chihlas, Gregory F. Jacobs, Robert L. Jenkins, Stephen A. Koch, Jennifer A. Millberg, Richard A. Snyder, Dale H. Walton
  • Roofing shingles with reduced usage of conventional shingle material and having top lap extension
    Patent number: 8898987
    Abstract: A roofing shingle has a shingle body with a butt edge, a headlap portion, a head edge, and first and second side edges. An exposure zone has a width that extends from the butt edge toward the headlap portion and is configured to be exposed to the environment when the shingle is installed on a roof. A water impermeable sheet is attached to the shingle body. The sheet has a width with upper and lower edges. The width extends from between about the butt and head edges to beyond the head edge of the shingle body. The width of the shingle body is such that a first distance between the head edge of the shingle body and the upper edge of the water impermeable sheet is equal to or greater than the width of the exposure zone. The sheet is formed from a different material than the shingle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Anna M. Amatruda, Peter Chihlas, Gregory F. Jacobs, Robert L. Jenkins, Stephen A. Koch, Jennifer A. Millberg, Richard A. Snyder, Dale H. Walton
  • Photovoltaic Roofing Elements Including Tie Layer Systems, And Roofs Using Them, And Methods For Making Them
    Publication number: 20140338272
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to photovoltaic devices. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic roofing products in which a photovoltaic element is joined to a roofing substrate. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a photovoltaic roofing element comprising: an encapsulated photovoltaic element having a top surface and a bottom surface, a top layer material at its top surface and a bottom layer material at its bottom surface; a roofing substrate having a top surface; and a tie layer system disposed between the encapsulated photovoltaic element and the roofing substrate and joining the bottom surface of the encapsulated photovoltaic element to the top surface of the roofing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Liang Shiao, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Wayne E. Shaw, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Laminated Shingle with Wider Nailing Zone
    Publication number: 20140331589
    Abstract: A multiple-layer laminated shingle and a method of making the shingle are provided, in which at least one adhesive of high temperature resistance is applied for securing the shingle layers together, to reduce reliance on a roofer having to fasten (via nails, staples or other fatteners) through a narrow headlap zone of a posterior shingle layer in order to secure the posterior shingle layer to a roof; such that a vertically wide portion of the headlap area of the anterior shingle layer is presented to the roofer as of nailing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Kermit E. Stahl, John K. Donaldson
  • Solar heat responsive exterior surface covering
    Patent number: 8871334
    Abstract: An exterior surface covering has a colored outer layer that transmits infrared radiation and an inner layer with a thermochromic pigment that absorbs heat at low temperature and reflects at high temperatures. The outer layer conceals the color change of the thermochromic pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Ming Liang Shiao, Keith C. Hong, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Photovoltaic roofing systems and methods for repairing them
    Patent number: 8863451
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to photovoltaic systems. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic roofing systems in which photovoltaic elements are disposed upon roofing elements such as shingles, tiles, shakes or slates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Christopher C. Fisher
  • Mineral surfaced asphalt-based roofing products with encapsulated healing agents and methods of producing the same
    Patent number: 8852680
    Abstract: An asphalt-based sheet roofing material includes capsules on its upper surface. When struck, as by hailstones, the capsules break to release a film forming fluid that spreads over the surface to heal the damage created by the hailstones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Liang Shiao, Keith C. Hong, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Synthetic shingle or tile with stress relief spacing feature
    Patent number: 8850771
    Abstract: Synthetic polymer based roofing elements of the shingle or tile type are provided whereby adjacent roofing elements have projecting tabs or nibs that are adapted to engage against side edges of adjacent shingles or tiles when laid up in courses on a roof, and wherein there are relatively flexible stress relief zones in the shingle or tile adjacent the tab or nib projections, adapted to be deformed within their elastic limit when the shingles or tiles are subjected to stresses due to thermal expansion and contraction, with the stress relief zones also being adapted to return to their original non-deformed condition when such thermal expansion and contraction forces are relieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Gregory F. Jacobs, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu
  • Shingle with Reinforcement Layer
    Publication number: 20140290170
    Abstract: A shingle, a method of making it, and a roof embodying the shingle is provided, in which an exterior surface of the shingle is provided with an attached reinforcement layer through which fasteners may be applied When the shingle is applied to a roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Stephen A. Koch
  • Building material having a fluorocarbon based capstock layer and process of manufacturing same with less dimensional distortion
    Patent number: 8846150
    Abstract: The present invention provides building materials and methods for the manufacturer which includes an extrudable thermoplastic or thermosetting substrate having a fluorocarbon-based capstock layer applied to the substrate. The fluorocarbon-based capstock layer can further include one or more top coats for providing a variegated, colored or textured pattern. The capstock layer, with or without the top coats, preferably has a thickness less than 4 mil and contains a UV-resistant PVDF resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventor: Jong P. Jeng
  • Weather Resistant Shingle System
    Publication number: 20140283474
    Abstract: A weather resistant shingle system is provided, wherein a starter strip course of shingles is applied to a roof, and with successive courses of field shingles applied thereover, with adjacent underlying and overlying shingles adhesively secured together to provide wind resistance to tabs of next overlying shingles from being upwardly lifted under wind conditions, and to prevent moisture, such as rain, from entering beneath tabs of shingles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Jenkins
  • Frame assembled in a manufactured panel
    Patent number: D713974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Steffes, Nikki J. Whitney, Andrew C. Brandt, David J. Stucky