ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,163, issued on May 13, was assigned to OMCO SOLAR LLC (Phoenix).
"Solar tracker bearing apparatus" was invented by Andrew James Ballentine (Tempe, Ariz.), Matt Kesler (Phoenix) and David J. Wilson (Glendale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar tracker bearing apparatus mountable to an upright support post for rotatably supporting a torque tube beam of a solar tracker assembly and including: a rotatable bearing assembly supported for rotation about an axis of rotation by a stationary saddle assembly. The rotatable bearing assembly includes a central portion and first and second spaced apart arcuate peripheral portions, the ce...