ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,882, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Nextpower LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Articulation joints for terrain following solar tracker" was invented by Ricardo Delgado-Nanez (San Jose, Calif.) and Kin Tsim (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling system for use with a solar tracker includes a support flange, a swivel flange rotatably supported on the support flange, an articulation joint interposed between each of the support flange and the swivel flange and rotatably supported by each of the support flange and the swivel flange, wherein opposed first and second end portions of the articulation joint are configured to ...