US Patent Issued on Feb. 18 for "Two axis solar panel tracking system using rotational and axially longitudinal motion" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,312, issued on Feb. 18.

"Two axis solar panel tracking system using rotational and axially longitudinal motion" was invented by Charles Frederick Janecka (Houston) and Nathanael Steven Banda (Elgin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including a solar panel having a first end and a second end, wherein the second end is opposite the first end; a first cylinder having a first end rotatably connected to the solar panel at a first pivot point; a second cylinder having a first end rotatably connected to the solar panel at a second pivot point which is different from the first pivot point; a support beam having a first end r...