ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,285, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FLEXRACK by Qcells LLC (Highland Hills, Ohio).

"Module mounting system for a solar structure" was invented by Gregory P. Huzyak (Salem, Ohio), Nathan A. Knapp (Warren, Ohio), Dalton L. Hancock (Bay Village, Ohio) and Jesse J. Saluga (Youngstown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module mounting assembly for coupling a solar module to a torque tube comprises a hat rail; a first vertical member pivotably coupled to the hat rail at first connection points and capable of being pivoted to rest flush on a first torque tube side surface during installation, the first vertical member having first r...