US Patent Issued to Sol Components on Sept. 8 for "Bearing assembly for a solar mounting system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,881, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Sol Components LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Bearing assembly for a solar mounting system" was invented by Jeremy Jacobs (Sacramento, Calif.), Michael Starr (Mountain View, Calif.), Jordan Mast (Placerville, Calif.) and Mark Schroeder (Rancho Cordova, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing for a solar mounting system, the bearing comprising a bushing assembly configured to accept a torque tube. It has a front bushing, a back bushing to accept a torque tube, a stop ring sandwiched between each of the front bushing and the back bushing, a bushing housing configured to retain the bushing assem...