US Patent Issued to FTC Solar on June 17 for "Tracking systems for adjusting a photovoltaic array" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,863, issued on June 17, was assigned to FTC Solar Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Tracking systems for adjusting a photovoltaic array" was invented by Nagendra Cherukupalli (Saratoga, Calif.), Larry Wong (San Francisco) and Milo Zabala (Concord, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tracking systems for adjusting a photovoltaic array are disclosed. In some embodiments, the tracking system includes an actuator that moves one or more links to cause the array to rotate. The tracking system may be disposed below a torque rail of the tracking system. The actuator may be a slew drive that retracts or extends the one or more links to cause the array...