US Patent Issued to Gamechange Solar on Oct. 21 for "Self-shielding photovoltaic module tracker apparatus" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,161, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Gamechange Solar Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Self-shielding photovoltaic module tracker apparatus" was invented by Andrew Barron Worden (New York) and Scott Van Pelt (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel assembly comprises a plurality of solar panel arrays, each substantially parallel, where the plurality of solar panel arrays comprises a windward array located at an upwind perimeter of the solar panel assembly, where each of the plurality of solar panel arrays comprises a plurality of racking structures. The rotatable shaft of the windward array comprises a thickness and a...