ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,132, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NEXTRACKER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Quick lock module rail for solar tracker" was invented by Venkata Nitin Mythreya Yadlapalli (Nellore, India), Bhanu Rekha Bandhakavi (Hyderabad, India) and Jitendra Morankar (Hyderabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling system for use with a solar tracker includes a support rail defining opposed top and bottom surfaces, the top surface configured to support a portion of a solar module, and a fastening assembly operably coupled to a portion of the support rail, the fastening system including a retaining bolt having an elongated head including oppo...