ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,744, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ARRAY TECH INC. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Adapter clamp for facilitating installation of photovoltaic components to a cylindrical pile" was invented by Jose Martin (Queen Creek, Ariz.), Kevin Read (Phoenix) and Anthony Widmer (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adapter clamps and systems that include adapter clamps for facilitating installation of photovoltaic (PV) components to a cylindrical pile are provided. In one embodiment, an adapter clamp may include a first arm configured to be secured to a first side of the cylindrical pile. The first arm may have edges that are configured t...