ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,092, issued on June 3, was assigned to XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (Shaanxi Province, China).

"Tracking type flexible photovoltaic bracket" was invented by Ying Huang (Shaanxi Province, China), Yanfei Zhu (Shaanxi Province, China) and Yanan Guo (Shaanxi Province, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking type flexible photovoltaic bracket is provided, including photovoltaic assemblies, pillars, a driving member, direction-changing mechanisms, and two pulling ropes. Each of the pillars is disposed with a double-rope grooved wheel. The driving member is configured to drive the double-rope grooved wheel arranged...