ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,396, issued on July 8, was assigned to NEXTRACKER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Solar module mounting bracket assemblies" was invented by Tyler Joseph Watson (San Francisco) and Ricardo Delgado-Nanez (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar module mounting bracket assembly includes a rail configured to support a solar module thereon, and a pair of braces. The braces each have a first end portion movably coupled to the rail. The braces are movable relative to the rail between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the braces cooperatively define a channel dimensioned for receip...