ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,789, issued on June 17, was assigned to ARRAY TECH INC. (Alburquerque, N.M.).
"Torque tube coupler" was invented by Lucas Creasy (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Nikhil Kumar (Albuquerque, N.M.), James Fusaro (Albuquerque, N.M.), Kenyon Bradley (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Daniel Smith (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque tube coupler may include an outer body that includes a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface adjacent to the first abutting surface. Set screws may be inserted into one or more channels of the first abutting surface. Tightening the set screws may force the abutting surfaces away from each other a...