ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,272, issued on July 29, was assigned to FLEXRACK by QCells LLC (Highland Hills, Ohio).

"Ground screw adaptor for solar panel support structure" was invented by Gregory Paul Huzyak (Salem, Ohio) and Nancy Elaine Schubert (New Springfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptor for connecting a ground screw to an upright beam of a solar panel support assembly includes (a) a cylindrical connector having an open ground-screw receiving bottom end and a top end, the cylindrical connector having an inner circumferential surface with a diameter slightly larger than that of the ground screw and at least two sets of bolt holes, each se...