US Patent Issued to NEXTRACKER on May 20 for "Radial cam helix with 0 degree stow for solar tracker" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,786, issued on May 20, was assigned to NEXTRACKER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Radial cam helix with 0 degree stow for solar tracker" was invented by Tyler Watson (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar tracking system including a plurality of bases, a torque tube supported by the plurality of bases and configured to support a plurality of solar modules, and a drive device operably connected to the torque tube and arranged to translate the torque tube in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis. The solar tracking system also includes a plurality of helical guides operably connected to the torque tube, and a plurality o...