US Patent Issued to FTC Solar on Jan. 13 for "Solar photovoltaic array tracker having axially offset panel sections" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,915, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FTC Solar Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Solar photovoltaic array tracker having axially offset panel sections" was invented by Nagendra Srinivas Cherukupalli (Saratoga, Calif.), Zhijian Zhou (Wuhan, China) and Milo Zabala (Concord, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar array row includes a first panel section including a first frame tube and a first photovoltaic panel connected to the first torque tube and a second panel section including a second frame tube and a second photovoltaic panel connected to the second torque tube. The row further includes a drive engaged with the first frame tube a...