ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,750, issued on April 22, was assigned to PEGASUS SOLAR INC (Richmond, Calif.).

"Grip rail clamp" was invented by Erich Kai Stephan (Richmond, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses for clamping rails and methods for rail installation are provided. A clamp apparatus may include a first grip body that includes a first groove and a second grip body that includes a second groove. Alignment of the first groove and the second groove may form a groove pair configured to couple to one or more flanges of a rail. The clamp apparatus may further include a fastener, as well as a flange spring that extends from the first grip body and t...