ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,960, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Green Grid Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).
"Photovoltaic panel cleaning method" was invented by Chinmoy Prosun Saha (San Ramon, Calif.) and Jeffrey Scott Pickles (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the present invention, a panel cleaning method is provided. In one aspect, the panel cleaning system includes a storage tank containing pressurized air, first and second linear actuators, and a panel-cleaning device wherein the pressurized air contained in the storage tank operates the first and second actuators and the panel-cleaning device to clean PV panels. A further as...