US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on July 22 for "Dual-function racking structure for natural cooling of photovoltaic panels" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,404, issued on July 22, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Dual-function racking structure for natural cooling of photovoltaic panels" was invented by Fahad Gallab Al-Amri (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic panel system including photovoltaic panels, purlins, and a rigid support. The purlins are oriented parallel to one another and are oriented perpendicular to an orientation of horizontal members extending along a length of the PV panel. Each purlin has a flat bottom surface plate and a flat top surface plate, which are lengthwise connected with a vertical...