ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,281, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Enstall Europe B.V. (Deventer, Netherlands).

"Aerodynamic rear wind deflector for solar module fields" was invented by Jeroen Weller (Apeldoorn, Netherlands), Alan Voogd (Haaksbergen, Netherlands) and Maarten Alexander Smit (Nijverdal, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind deflector for a solar panel module and mounting system may include a body having a rounded portion and a flat portion extending from the rounded portion; a leg extending from the rounded portion; a first lip extending from the leg; and a second lip extending from the flat portion. The first and second lips may be ...