US Patent Issued to FTC Solar on Sept. 22 for "Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,492, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FTC Solar Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker" was invented by Joseph D. LoBue (Dale, Texas), Nagendra Srinivas Cherukupalli (Cupertino, Calif.), Tamilarasan Mouniandy (Chennai, India) and Milo Zabala (Concord, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solar tracker systems include a torque tube, a column supporting the torque tube, a solar panel connected to the torque tube, and a damper assembly. The damper assembly includes a first end pivotably connected to the torque tube and a second end pivotably connected to the column. The damper assembly further...