US Patent Issued to FTC Solar on July 29 for "Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,027, issued on July 29, was assigned to FTC Solar Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker" was invented by Joseph D. LoBue (Dale, Texas), Nagendra Srinivas Cherukupalli (Cupertino, Calif.), Tamilarasan Mouniandy (Chennai, India) and Milo Zabala (Concord, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar tracker system includes a support tube, a solar panel assembly connected to the support tube, and an active lock connected to the support tube. The active lock includes a housing defining a chamber and a seal. The seal prevents a flow of fluid through the chamber when the active lock is in a sealed st...