US Patent Issued to Spinex Systems on July 14 for "Piling support arrangement" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,253, issued on July 14, was assigned to Spinex Systems Inc. (Aiken, S.C.).

"Piling support arrangement" was invented by Kym Anthony Plotkin (Ormeau, Australia) and Alexander W. Au (Aiken, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support for use with a solar tracker includes two screw piles or blade piles (41, 42) inserted into the ground at an angle to vertical, wherein top portions of the two screw piles or blade piles (41, 42) are positioned close to each other, and a connector (46) connecting the top portions of the two screw piles or blade piles to each other, the connector carrying or forming a solar tracker support."

The patent w...