ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,973, issued on April 21, was assigned to ARRAY TECH INC. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Pile installation confirmation instrument" was invented by George Andrew Reich (Albuquerque, N.M.), Thierry Marin-Martinod (Chandler, Ariz.), Todd DarVel Anderson (Heber City, Utah) and Logan Herbert (Prescott, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument for ensuring proper pile installation in photovoltaic systems (PV) may include a laser assembly configured to output a first beam in a first direction and a second beam in a second direction. The second beam may indicate the angular tolerance of a torque tube. The instrument may further include a m...