ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,469, issued on June 24, was assigned to Comau S.p.A. (Grugliasco, Italy).

"Method and system for assembling and installing arrays of photovoltaic solar panels in an outdoor field" was invented by Giovanni Di Stefano (Grugliasco, Italy), Francesco Beccarisi (Grugliasco, Italy) and Maurizio Pollano (Grugliasco, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assembling and installing arrays (1) of photovoltaic solar panels (P) in an outdoor field, includes a first step of assembling an array (1) of photovoltaic solar panels, which is carried out with the aid of at least one robot (R) in a transportable station (S1), located adjacent ...