ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,750,005, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Nextpower LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Automated solar tracking component installation" was invented by Alexander W. Au (Oakland, Calif.), Jacob Mark Morin (Phoenix), Ricardo Delgado-Nanez (San Jose, Calif.), Abhimanyu Anil Sable (Hyderabad, India) and Jason Sean Henry (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for automated, or semi-automated, solar module support rail installation at a solar tracking system includes placing a first solar module support rail at a first location along a torque tube of the solar tracking system; using a robotic device to fixate the first solar modul...