ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,152, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sol Components LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Solar panel rail" was invented by Jeremy Jacobs (Sacramento, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel rail for mounting a photovoltaic module frame thereto is provided and has a rail body configured to for attachment of a rail bracket, an indexing flange located on the rail body and configured to box and maintain a module frame position along a short-side direction of the module frame, a tab located on the rail body and configured to hold the module in place along a long-side direction of the module frame, wherein the indexing flange and tab ar...