US Patent Issued to NEXTRACKER on Nov. 18 for "Solar module rail couplings for solar tracker" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,579, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NEXTRACKER LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Solar module rail couplings for solar tracker" was invented by Ricardo Delgado-Nanez (San Jose, Calif.), Sri Rama Krishna Tammu (Andhra Pradesh, India) and Venkata Nitin Mythreya Yadlapalli (Nellore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling system for use with a solar tracker includes a saddle defining a U-shaped profile extending between opposed first and second end portions, the saddle defines a channel configured to selectively receive a module rail and a slot defined through the first and second side surfaces adjacent the first end portion, and a cl...