ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,583, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ARRAY TECH INC. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Stowing of photovoltaic modules for hail mitigation" was invented by Sanket Shah (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Kyumin Lee (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include obtaining information from a weather forecasting service that relates to indicators of an incoming hail event. The method may include determining a stowing score that quantifies whether the hail event is likely to occur within a period of time based on the information from the weather forecasting service. Responsive to the stowing score exceeding a threshold value, a time a...