Patents Assigned to CertainTeed Corporation
  • Panel siding product
    Patent number: 9482011
    Abstract: A siding product may include a panel having a substantially rectangular structure with a simulated pattern on a front face thereof. The panel may be formed from a polymer and may include color variegation. The panel may have a hollow back and be a single shake configuration that does not simulate more than one shake or more than one course of siding. The siding product may include a panel having a front face with a simulated pattern. The panel can include a hollow back, a longitudinal length extending in an x-direction, a lateral width extending in a y-direction, and a transverse depth extending in a z-direction. The panel can have a plurality of reinforcement ribs on the hollow back that extend longitudinally in the x-direction and transversely in the z-direction. In a version, none of the reinforcement ribs extend laterally in the y-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen W. Steffes, Robert D. Shaw, Brian W. Kirn, David J. Stucky
  • Integrated siding rainscreen and stacking clip
    Patent number: 9458624
    Abstract: An elongated clip for hard clapboard style siding such as fiber cement, composite wood, fiberglass, plastic, oriented strand board or other materials. The clip includes rainscreen and standoff features for proper placement from a support wall structure. In addition, the clip includes a support feature for the installation and proper alignment of an upper course of siding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Colyn
  • Multilayer article with variegated appearance
    Patent number: 9452560
    Abstract: A variegated capstock for covering a substrate for a building product has polymeric streaks in a non-clear, non-opaque matrix. Rapid cooling of the matrix minimizes formation of crystallites, such that the polymeric streaks become visible through a surface of the non-opaque matrix. The streaks are visible by having a color or an index of refraction different from that of the matrix. The matrix is in one or more layers, and the polymeric streaks are in the layers. The substrate is visible through the non-clear, non-opaque matrix and can appear partially obscured by the non-clear, non-opaque matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Husnu Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Roofing granules with high solar reflectance, roofing materials with high solar reflectance, and the process of making the same
    Patent number: 9442219
    Abstract: Roofing granules include a core having an average ultraviolet transmission of greater than sixty percent and an average near infrared reflectance of greater than sixty percent and a UV coating layer on the exterior surface. The coating provides UV opacity, while the core provides near infrared reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Liang Shiao, Jennifer A. Millberg, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • System, method and apparatus for attic rafter extension for storage
    Patent number: 9435113
    Abstract: A support structure may have a base having surfaces including a top, a bottom, a front, a rear and sides. A first top slot may be formed in the top and may extend at least partially between the front and the rear. A second top slot may be formed in the top and may extend at least partially between the sides. In addition, a bottom slot may be formed in the bottom. A system for attic storage can include an attic having attic joists. A plurality of support structures, each comprising a base, may be mounted to the attic joists. At least two conventional lumber studs may be included and may extend between adjacent ones of the bases. In addition, a plurality of lumber panels may be mounted to at least one of the bases and the lumber studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Clyde Brandt, David M. Pacana, Michael Lembo
  • Shingle with Reinforcement Layer
    Publication number: 20160244970
    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: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Stephen A. Koch
  • Roofing granules comprising base particles that are sintered and have an initial reflectance of at least 0.25
    Patent number: 9422719
    Abstract: A roofing product can include roofing granules, wherein the roofing granules include base particles and a coating covering the base particles. The base particles are sintered. The coating has a depth of penetration into an outside surface of at least about 0.5% of an average radius of the base particles. In an embodiment, the coating has a depth of penetration into an outside surface of at least about 2.5 microns into the base particles. Further included is a process of forming the roofing granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming Liang Shiao, Tihana Fuss, Jennifer A. Millberg
  • Roofing granules
    Patent number: 9408383
    Abstract: A biocidal glass composition for use in roofing applications can include glass doped with at least one biocidal agent that includes about 0.01 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a total weight % of the biocidal glass composition. The biocidal glass composition can be included in a coating on a base particle of a roofing granule. Further included is a process of forming the roofing granule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre-Olivier Petit, Keith C. Hong, Gregory F. Jacobs, Kamila Plevacova
  • System, method and apparatus for thermal energy management in a roof
    Patent number: 9359766
    Abstract: A roof product has a thermal heat storage layer, a vent layer with channels for transferring excess heat through a length of the roof product, and a flame retardant to suppress fire through the vent layer. These three materials form a unitary structure. The roof product may have a radiant layer, the thermal heat storage layer and the vent layer to form the unitary structure. The roof products are assembled in an abutting configuration on the roof of a building. The vent layer vents excess heat from an eave of the roof up to a ridge of the roof and out to atmosphere. The roof products manage thermal energy in the roof by storing thermal heat with the unitary roof product during a heating cycle; venting excess heat through the unitary product; and releasing the stored thermal heat from the unitary product into or out of the building during a cooling cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming L. Shiao, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Roofing flashings and roofing systems and photovoltaic roofing systems using the same
    Patent number: 9356174
    Abstract: The present invention relates more particularly to improved flashings for use in integrating specialized roof-mounted structures, such as photovoltaic devices for the generation of electrical energy, with conventional roofing materials on a roof. In one aspect, the invention provides a flashing element having a cross-sectional shape comprising a laterally-extending flange, the flange having an edge, a first end and a second end, the side flashing element comprising a return hem disposed at the edge and comprising a folded-over strip of material disposed over the top surface of the flange at the edge, the return hem having a first end disposed toward the first end of the edge, and a second end disposed toward the second end of the edge, wherein the total thickness of the return hem at its second end is no greater than the interior thickness of the return hem at its first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Robin M. Duarte, Christopher C. Fisher
  • Shingle with reinforcement layer
    Patent number: 9353526
    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: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Stephen A. Koch
  • Roofing products including mixtures of algae-resistant roofing granules
    Patent number: 9334654
    Abstract: Roofing granule mixtures include multiple classes of algae-resistant granules, with each class of algae-resistant granules including at least one algaecide. One class of granules provides immediate algae resistance, while release of algaecide from other granules is delayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Keith C. Hong, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • System, method and apparatus for under deck drainage
    Patent number: 9334650
    Abstract: A deck drainage system includes a plurality of hanger clips. Each hanger clip may have a plurality of mounting holes configured to fasten the hanger clip to a support at selected elevations. A soffit may be mounted to the hanger clips without fasteners and located completely below the deck, such that not every hanger clip directly contacts the soffit. A slope of the soffit may be selected by mounting at least two of the hanger clips to the support at different vertical elevations. The soffit may be configured to slope beneath the deck and drain water therefrom in a selected direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert D. Shaw, Thomas C. Gilbert, David J. Stucky, Nikki J. Whitney, Lucas D. Wood, Stephen W. Steffes
  • Photovoltaic roofing elements, photovoltaic roofing systems, methods and kits
    Patent number: 9331224
    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 comprising: a flexible roofing substrate; a photovoltaic element disposed on the flexible roofing substrate; and an electrical connector operatively coupled to the photovoltaic element, wherein the flexible roofing substrate has formed therein a recess shaped to at least partially receive the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Koch, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs, Wayne E. Shaw, Robert L. Jenkins, Robert D. Livsey
  • Composite material including rigid foam with inorganic fillers
    Patent number: 9315612
    Abstract: A composite material includes, in an exemplary embodiment a polyurethane foam and a plurality of inorganic particles dispersed therein. The polyurethane foam is formed from a reaction mixture that includes a first polyether polyol having a first molecular weight and a functionality of about 3 or less, a second polyether polyol having a second molecular weight less than the first molecular weight and a functionality of greater than about 3, and at least one isocyanate. The ratio of an amount of the first polyol in the reaction mixture to an amount of the second polyol in the reaction mixture is between about 1:1 to about 5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: Fyodor A. Shutov
  • Single panel siding product
    Patent number: 9303410
    Abstract: A siding product may include a panel having a substantially rectangular structure with a simulated pattern on a front face thereof. The panel may be formed from a polymer and may include color variegation. The panel may have a hollow back and be a single shake configuration that does not simulate more than one shake or more than one course of siding. The siding product may include a panel having a front face with a simulated pattern. The panel can include a hollow back, a longitudinal length extending in an x-direction, a lateral width extending in a y-direction, and a transverse depth extending in a z-direction. The panel can have a plurality of reinforcement ribs on the hollow back that extend longitudinally in the x-direction and transversely in the z-direction. In a version, none of the reinforcement ribs extend laterally in the y-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen W. Steffes, Brian W. Kirn, David J. Stucky
  • Roofing shingle with enhanced shadowline appearance
    Patent number: 9290942
    Abstract: A roofing shingle may include a shingle body having a buttlap portion with a butt edge and a headlap portion. An exposure zone may extend from the butt edge toward the headlap portion and may be configured to be exposed to the environment when the roofing shingle is installed on a roof. The butt edge may be variegated and may include at least one tab. A first shadowline may be on at least a portion of the at least one tab. A second shadowline may be in the exposure zone. The first and second shadowlines may differ from each other in at least one aspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Laminated roofing product including recycled roofing material and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 9290944
    Abstract: A laminated roofing product can include a first sheet including a first coating that is substantially free of recycled roofing material, and a second sheet adjacent to the first sheet. The second sheet can include a second coating having a second sheet recycled roofing material. In another embodiment, the laminated roofing product can include a first sheet including a first sheet recycled roofing material, and a second sheet adjacent to the first sheet. The second sheet can include a second sheet recycled roofing material, wherein the second sheet has a higher recycled roofing content as compared to the first sheet. In another embodiment, a method of forming a laminated roofing product includes laminating a first sheet and a second sheet together. The second sheet has a higher recycled roofing content as compared to the first sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs, Paul A. Benensky
  • Photovoltaic module
    Patent number: 9276141
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes an encapsulated photovoltaic element and an infrared-transmissive decorative overlay simulating conventional roofing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs, Ming Liang Shiao
  • Trim assembly
    Patent number: D750809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert D. Shaw