US Patent Issued to NEXTPOWER on July 21 for "Methods and systems for connecting solar panel frame components" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,320, issued on July 21, was assigned to NEXTPOWER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for connecting solar panel frame components" was invented by John C. Patton (Rocklin, Calif.), Eric Hafter (Sacramento, Calif.) and Tyler Hudson (Cocolalla, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame for at least partially enclosing or supporting a panel is provided. The frame may include at least a first frame section that may include an elongated piece of framework material having a first end and a second end, wherein the first and second ends define a lengthwise dimension. The first frame section may further include lengthwise fold defi...