ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,827, issued on March 3, was assigned to NEVADOS ENGINEERING INC. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Securing device for solar panel" was invented by Yezin Taha (San Francisco), Amitoj Gill (Roseville, Calif.) and Laura Sverchek (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solar module clips that may be advantageously employed in solar trackers to decrease time and effort in the installation and the alignment of solar modules as well as address mechanical challenges posed by extreme weather events and other forces encountered in the course of use. Alignment may be simplified by tabs on the module clips that secure the solar panels as well as provid...