US Patent Issued to NEXTPOWER on July 14 for "Solar module couplings for solar tracker" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,540, issued on July 14, was assigned to NEXTPOWER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Solar module couplings for solar tracker" was invented by Ricardo Delgado-Nanez (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling for use with a solar tracker includes an elongate body defining opposed top and bottom surfaces, the bottom surface defining a pair of protuberances disposed in spaced relation along a length of the elongate body and defining a gap therebetween, each of the pair of protuberances including a tab disposed thereon adjacent the gap, wherein the gap is configured to receive a torque tube such that an inner surface of the gap and...