ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,405, issued on July 22, was assigned to Sunmodo Corp. (Vancouver, Wash.).

"Railless mounting system and devices for attaching solar modules to roofs" was invented by Roland Jasmin (Vancouver, Wash.), Brice Veyna (Vancouver, Wash.), Steve Mumma (Vancouver, Wash.) and Jun Liu (Camas, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure discusses devices, systems, and methods for attaching solar modules to roofs. A first device may include an upper platform and a clamp jaw. The upper platform includes a top surface and a bottom surface that extends obliquely downward with respect to the top surface. The clamp jaw clamps a solar module d...