ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,513, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Sarcos Corp. (Salt Lake City).
"Torque tube clamps for automated solar panel installation" was invented by Fraser M. Smith (Salt Lake City) and Matthew Torok (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the present disclosure, a torque tube clamp can include a clamp support, a torque tube collar having an open torque tube-receiving position and a closed torque tube-locking position, and a pivotable locking assembly. The pivotable locking assembly may include a ground link with a ground bar coupled to the clamp support by a ground pivot, and an engagement link including an engagem...