ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,577, issued on March 18, was assigned to TotalEnergies OneTech (Solaize, France).
"Photovoltaic module mount" was invented by Brian S. Wares (Berkeley, Calif.), Vicent Ripoll Agullo (Oakland, Calif.) and Tyler Grushkowitz (Hayward, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mounting components of photovoltaic (PV) modules and PV module assemblies are described, including PV module couplings and PV module mounting chassis. In an example, a PV module includes a PV module coupling having a toe portion extending from a PV module frame, and a PV module mounting chassis includes a toe slot to receive the toe. The toe and toe slot construction ...