ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,734, issued on March 31, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Drive tracking system" was invented by Waleed Mohammed Abdo Hamanah (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed Ali Abido (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Aboubakr Salem Mohammed Salem (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive tracking system including a heliostat structure, a power electronic converter, and a tracking controller. The heliostat structure includes a heliostat support frame, a plurality of linear actuators, and a heliostat facet. A first end of each of the plurality of linear actuators is connected to ...