ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,562, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NEXTPOWER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Module rail assembly" was invented by Ricardo Delgado-Nanez (San Jose, Calif.), Ryan Patel (Pleasanton, Calif.), Craig Bradley Edward Wildman (Kensington, Calif.) and Madeleine Davis Kho (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar module mounting bracket including a rail, having a box section configuration to support a solar module and a pair of arms each having a first end portion movably coupled to the rail. The pair of arms are movable relative to the rail between a first parallel configuration, and a second substantially configuration, in which ...