US Patent Issued on March 17 for "Solar tracking system with a mechanical drive mechanism using a flexible transmission shaft" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,519, issued on March 17.

"Solar tracking system with a mechanical drive mechanism using a flexible transmission shaft" was invented by Raul Morales Torres (Molina de Segura, Spain), Ignacio Melon Menendez (Molina de Segura, Spain), Bernd Zwingmann (Molina de Segura, Spain) and Angela Bermejo Rosique (Molina de Segura, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar tracking system with torsion tubes having solar panels (modules) mounted thereon. Columns support the system and have bearings for rotation of the torsion tubes. A flexible transmission shaft is connected at one end to a mechanical drive mechanism for rotating the torsion tu...