Patents Assigned to CertainTeed Corporation
  • Shingle with Reinforcement Layer
    Publication number: 20140053492
    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: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Stephen A. Koch
  • Photovoltaic roofing elements
    Patent number: 8656657
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the photovoltaic generation of electrical energy. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic roofing products for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. One aspect of the invention is a photovoltaic roofing element including a roofing substrate; a photovoltaic element disposed on the roofing substrate; an electrical connector operatively connected to the photovoltaic element, the electrical connector having a top side, a down-roof side and an electrical terminus; and a shield disposed adjacent the electrical terminus of the electrical connector on its down-roof side, its top side, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert D. Livsey, Robert L. Jenkins, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Photovoltaic systems, methods for installing photovoltaic systems, and kits for installing photovoltaic systems
    Patent number: 8646228
    Abstract: The present invention relates particularly to photovoltaic systems for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. One aspect of the invention is a photovoltaic roofing system disposed on a roof deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Jenkins
  • Process for preparing roofing granules comprising organic colorant, with improved luster, and roofing products including such granules
    Patent number: 8637116
    Abstract: A coating composition including an inorganic sol material and an organic colorant is applied to mineral particles and cured at a temperature less than 200 degrees Celsius provides roofing granules with improved luster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Liang Shiao, Van Nhan Nguyen, Emmanuel Garre
  • Colored roofing granules with increased solar heat reflectance, solar heat-reflective shingles, and process for producing same
    Patent number: 8628850
    Abstract: Solar-reflective roofing granules having deep-tone colors are formed by coating base mineral particles with a coating composition including an infrared-reflective pigment. Color is provided by a colored infrared pigment, a light-interference platelet pigment, or a metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Liang Shiao, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Keith C. Hong
  • Polymer fiber composite building material with bulk and aesthetically functional fillers
    Patent number: 8629199
    Abstract: Polymer composite roofing materials are provided which contain resin, and about 20-75 wt. % fillers and additives, in which the fillers contain at least one bulk filler for reducing the amount of resin needed to make the roofing material, and at least one aesthetically functional filler for providing the roofing material with an aesthetic appearance. The bulk filler and the aesthetically functional filler of this embodiment are non-toxic, resistant to microbial attack, and have a Mohs hardness of less than about 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Olivier Guiselin, Husnu Kalkanoglu, Christelle Pousse Le Goff, Randall M. Elinski, Gregory P. Quist, Paul Ruede, Richard A. Hills
  • Thin films including nanoparticles with solar reflectance properties for building materials
    Patent number: 8623499
    Abstract: Disclosed are solar-reflective building materials, including roofing articles, that include nanoparticle-containing thin films; such articles display high reflectance of near-infrared radiation and high transmission of radiation in the visible light range so as to reduce the heat island effects experienced by the articles while also maintaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Also disclosed are related methods of fabricating such articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventor: Emilie Viasnoff
  • Shingle with reinforcement layer
    Patent number: 8615968
    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: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Stephen A. Koch
  • Thin Films With High Near-Infrared Reflectivity Deposited on Building Materials
    Publication number: 20130330481
    Abstract: Disclosed are solar-reflective roofing and other building materials having high reflectance of near-infrared radiation and high transmission of radiation in the visible light range and a substantial emissivity so as to reduce the heat island effects experienced by the articles while also maintaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Also disclosed are related methods for fabrication of such materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emilie Viasnoff, Ming Liang Shiao
  • Photovoltaic roofing elements and photovoltaic roofing systems
    Patent number: 8601754
    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: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Christopher C. Fisher, Robert D. Livsey
  • Electrical wiring systems for use in roofing applications
    Patent number: 8601753
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to electrical systems. The present invention relates more particularly to electrical wiring systems suitable for use in roofing applications. One aspect of the invention is a wiring system on a roof comprising a roof deck having a slope and one or more roofing elements disposed on the roof deck, the wiring system including one or more wires extending along the roof disposed within a tube having an outer surface that is substantially exposed and complements the appearance of the roofing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Charles Gombarick, Jr.
  • Shingle with reinforcement layer
    Patent number: 8592025
    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: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Steven A. Koch
  • Photovoltaic roofing wiring array, photovoltaic roofing wiring systems and roofs using them
    Patent number: 8586856
    Abstract: Photovoltaic wiring arrays and photovoltaic wiring systems suitable for use in rooftop photovoltaic power generation systems are provided. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention provides a photovoltaic roofing wiring array for use with a plurality of photovoltaic roofing elements, the photovoltaic roofing wiring system including: a positive parallel wiring run comprising a main line and one or more connection branches pendant from the main line, each connection branch being terminated in a positive connector; and a negative parallel wiring run comprising a main line and one or more connection branches pendant from the main line, each connection branch being terminated in a negative connector. In some embodiments of the invention, the photovoltaic roofing wiring arrays are substantially prefabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs, Wayne E. Shaw
  • Laminated Roofing Shingle with Contrast Zones Providing Variegated Appearance
    Publication number: 20130298490
    Abstract: A laminated roofing shingle is provided, having an anterior shingle layer and a posterior shingle layer. Openings exist in tab portions of the anterior shingle layer, allowing for visible front surface portions of the posterior shingle layer to be visible through the openings. Such visible portions can be of varying vertical contrast from at least some of the top edges of the openings to at least some of the bottom edges of the posterior shingle layer that are exposed through the openings, and are generally of consistent horizontal contrast between right and left edges of the openings. Front surface portions of the posterior shingle layer that are exposed through one or more openings have a different contrast that is in interrupting contrast to at least a portion of any of the varying or consistent contrast that are visible through the openings between tabs of the anterior shingle layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Process and apparatus for molding a shingle, for cooling a shingle, for applying a curvature thereto and carrier plate for facilitating the process
    Patent number: 8574481
    Abstract: Shingle material, preferably comprising a core with a capstock applied thereto is extruded, preferably by means of a co-extrusion process, onto a series of individual carrier plates, with the shingle material then being severed such that each carrier plate carries its own layer of shingle material thereon and the carrier plates are then delivered to a compression mold, in which the shingle is molded. The carrier plate and shingle is then removed from the mold and carried through a series of hold-down stations, after which the shingle is delivered to a trimmer, where flashing is simultaneously trimmed from its edges. The shingle is then cooled, preferably by sandwiching it between upper and lower retention members, which are cooled via a cooling tower. The retention members impart a curvature to the shingle. The carrier plates are returned via a return conveyor, to be heated, for re-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Kevin MacKinnon, Douglas Harold Wylie, David George Nelson, William Arno Koegler
  • Insulation containing heat expandable spherical additives, calcium acetate, cupric carbonate, or a combination thereof
    Patent number: 8555598
    Abstract: A method of making thermal insulation includes, forming a thermal insulation product precursor having randomly distributed inorganic fibers and about 5-500 wt. % heat-expandable hollow microspheres in dry or slurry form and having a polymeric shell and having disposed therein a blowing agent or gas, and calcium acetate or cupric carbonate, or a combination of calcium acetate and cupric carbonate, and heating the precursor to expand the microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Christophe Wagner, Murray Toas, Kurt Mankell
  • System, method and apparatus for processing fiber materials
    Patent number: 8556200
    Abstract: A system for processing material has a power supply and a machine having a hopper for receiving and passing material to an auger. The auger has a shaft with an axis about which it rotates, a helical flighting mounted to the shaft, pins mounted to the helical flighting, and paddles mounted to the shaft. The radial outer edge of the helical flighting is crenelated with periodic notches that form rectangular blades on the helical flighting. The pins are rotationally and angularly aligned with leading edges of the rectangular blades. The system may include a vehicle, such as a trailer, having first and second compartments separated by a partition. The power supply is located in the first compartment and has a power supply member extending though the partition. The machine is located in the second compartment and coupled to the power supply member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Tony S. Piotrowski, Jack D. Coulter, Bruce A. Hartzell
  • Thin films with high near-infrared reflectivity deposited on building materials
    Patent number: 8551619
    Abstract: Disclosed are solar-reflective roofing and other building materials having high reflectance of near-infrared radiation and high transmission of radiation in the visible light range and a substantial emissivity so as to reduce the heat island effects experienced by the articles while also maintaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Also disclosed are related methods for fabrication of such materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Emilie Viasnoff, Ming Liang Shiao
  • Colored roofing granules with increased solar heat reflectance, solar heat-reflective shingles, and process for producing same
    Patent number: 8535803
    Abstract: Solar-reflective roofing granules having deep-tone colors are formed by coating base mineral particles with a coating composition including an infrared-reflective pigment. Color is provided by colored infrared pigment, light-interference platelet pigment, or a metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Liang Shiao, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Keith C. Hong
  • Shingle with Reinforcement Layer
    Publication number: 20130219819
    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: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: CertainTeed Corporation