US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Replaceable shear tip with interlocking inserts" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,067, issued on July 21.

"Replaceable shear tip with interlocking inserts" was invented by Michael Richard Ramun (Mineral Ridge, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tip assembly for a jaw of a jaw set for demolition and construction equipment has a base with a top side, an underside, and a protrusion extending along a longitudinal axis and extending from the underside. The tip also has a first insert mounted to the base and a second insert mounted to the base. Each insert has a first wall and an opposing second wall with a front side extending therebetween. Each insert also has a locking recess that conforms to the protrusion to lim...