US Patent Issued to NEXTRACKER on June 17 for "Balanced solar tracker clamp" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,961, issued on June 17, was assigned to NEXTRACKER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Balanced solar tracker clamp" was invented by Alexander W. Au (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar tracker apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coup...