ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,366, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Tamarack Solar Products Inc. (Eureka, Calif.).

"Solar panel mounting configuration" was invented by David Katz (Arcata, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mounting clamps may be utilized to quickly and easily secure solar panel modules relative to mounting rails, which may in turn be secured relative to a mounting surface (e.g., a roof). The mounting clamps may be configured to quickly secure the solar pane modules relative to the mounting rails by tightening a tightening element to pull a clamp element toward the surface of a mounting rail, thereby clamping a portion (e.g., a frame) of a so...