ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,640, issued on July 29, was assigned to OJJO INC. (San Rafael, Calif.).

"Machines, systems, and methods for truss installation and assembly" was invented by Charles Almy (Berkeley, Calif.), Greg McPheeters (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Tyrus Hudson (Petaluma, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a truss foundation embedment and installation machine. The machine mast has a rotary driver, target assembly, and a truss component holder. After a pair of foundation components are embedded, the truss component holder is moved to an orientation location that aligns the rotational axis of a specific tracker bearing with respect to...