ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,359, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NEXTPOWER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Autonomous cleaning systems and methods for photovoltaic modules" was invented by Jitendra Morankar (Telangana, India), Abhimanyu Sable (Hyderabad, India) and Phani Kumar (Hyderabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A docking station for use with a solar tracking system includes a frame configured to selectively support solar cleaning equipment thereon and a mounting bracket operably coupled to a portion of the frame. The mounting bracket maintains a gap between adjacent edges of the frame and an adjacent solar module, and the frame includes a width that ap...