US Patent Issued to Sol-Ark on Nov. 3 for "Power optimization among multiple strings of solar panels" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,407, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sol-Ark LLC (Allen, Texas).

"Power optimization among multiple strings of solar panels" was invented by Thomas Joseph Brennan (Richardson, Texas) and Carlos Daniel Prieto (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein relate to energy management and power optimization. A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) unit is coupled with multiple strings of solar panels. Each string of solar panels includes multiple solar panels, and each solar panel is coupled with a power optimizer. The MPPT unit monitors the multiple strings of solar panels, detects a voltage decrease from a first...