US Patent Issued to FLEXRACK by Qcells on May 26 for "Terrain-following solar tracker system" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,678, issued on May 26, was assigned to FLEXRACK by Qcells LLC (Highland Hills, Ohio).

"Terrain-following solar tracker system" was invented by Gregory P. Huzyak (Salem, Ohio) and Nathan Allen Knapp (Warren, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system includes a ring gear configured to rotate about a first axis; a first articulating joint including a driving yoke, a driven yoke and a spider coupling the driving yoke to the driven yoke, the driving yoke coupled to the drive gear and configured to rotate about the first axis, the driven yoke configured to rotate about a second axis; a first output shaft coupled to the driven yoke ...