ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,079, issued on April 29, was assigned to Unirac Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Hybrid solar panel mounting assembly" was invented by Nathan Schuit (Moriarty, N.M.), December Cowen (Albuquerque, N.M.), Darren Womacks (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Jason Mayfield (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for mounting a solar panel array on a surface is disclosed. The solar panel array includes a plurality of solar panel modules and a hybrid solar panel module mounting assembly. The hybrid solar panel module mounting assembly includes a component of a rail-based mounting system and a component of a rail-less mounting...