ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,701, issued on July 15, was assigned to Nevados Engineering Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Methods and devices for adapting a solar module support" was invented by Yezin Taha (San Francisco), Amitoj Gill (Roseville, Calif.) and Laura Sverchek (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Included are methods and devices of adapting a solar module support with pre-formed features that position and/or secure solar module clips. The adaptation may include forming new positioning and/securing features at new locations on the solar module support, or otherwise positioning the solar module clips on the solar module support at locations different...