US Patent Issued to Parasol Structures on Sept. 23 for "Photovoltaic module mounting structure" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,966, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Parasol Structures Inc. (Irvington, N.Y.).

"Photovoltaic module mounting structure" was invented by Francois Attal (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Brian Cuff (Irvington, N.Y.), Hikaru Iwasaka (New York) and Alexander Keller (Winchester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of mounting structures for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and methods for constructing such mounting structures are described. A mounting structure is usable to secure PV modules in portrait orientation or landscape orientation. PV modules are secured to PV module support rails, which may be secured to purlins of a m...