ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,080, issued on April 29, was assigned to FCX Solar LLC (Mont Vernon, N.H.).
"Solar tracker system" was invented by Christopher Thomas Needham (Mountain View, Hawaii) and Frank Carl Oudheusden (Mont Vernon, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic system includes a collection of photovoltaic modules, a base supporting the collection of photovoltaic modules, and a damper coupled between the collection of photovoltaic modules and the base. The damper resists movement of the photovoltaic modules relative to the base. The damper has a first damping ratio when the collection of photovoltaic modules moves at a first rate relative t...