ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,027, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SCHLETTER INTERNATIONAL B.V. (Netherlands).
"Drive arrangement" was invented by Gabriel Dechant (Gstadt am Chiemsee, Germany) and Jan Zapfe (Grafing, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive arrangement for solar modules is disclosed. The drive arrangement comprises a transmission member rotatable about a rotational axis comprising a drive member and a holding member, wherein the drive member is disposed with an offset in the radial direction to the holding member, and an output unit, wherein the output unit comprises a drive recess and a retaining recess, wherein the drive member is assi...