ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,514, issued on March 17, was assigned to Gamechange Solar Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Mounting assembly for mounting a photovoltaic module with a polygonal headed fastener" was invented by Andrew Barron Worden (Greenwich, Conn.), Woo Kim (Little Neck, N.Y.), Scott Van Pelt (Tarrytown, N.Y.) and Jacob Grant (Springfield, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting assembly comprises a fastener that includes a bolt and a nut. The bolt includes a threaded distal end and a polygonal headed proximate end that extends along a fastener axis. The assembly also includes a mounting base, and a first reinforcement channel nested around a firs...