ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,545, issued on Dec. 16.
"Supporting structure for supporting solar modules and ceiling elements" was invented by Michael Richter (Rechlinghausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supporting including at least two supporting frameworks with supporting masts which are respectively connected to one another by means of a supporting cable, on which supporting cable the solar modules or ceiling elements are supported by means of vertical pressure rods which are connected to the supporting cable by means of fastening elements and which have a pretensioning force applied to them via at least one pretensioning cable, which pretensioni...