ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,180, issued on July 1.
"Overhead tensile-actuated solar tracking system and method" was invented by Dante Stephen Bortone (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a system and method of harvesting solar energy. The system includes a dual axis tracking system configured to manually or automatically adjust the orientation of one or more solar collectors relative to the movement of the sun to optimize energy harvesting. The system actuates solar collector movement through tensile elements that are manipulated from an overhead position. The overhead tensile actuation advantageously enables flexible installation option...