ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,899, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OJJO INC. (San Rafael, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and machines for aligning and assembling truss foundations for single-axis trackers" was invented by Charles Almy (Berkeley, Calif.), Tyrus Hudson (Petaluma, Calif.), Jack West (San Rafael, Calif.) and Tim Woodward (Arcata, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for installing and assembling a truss foundation to support a single-axis solar tracker. A positioning subsystem determines an orientation of a machine mast's driving axis relative to an intended drive axis and controls the mast to be positioned so that the mast's driving axis i...