ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,358, issued on May 5.
"Reconditioned harmonic balancer" was invented by John Wyss (Redding, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconditioned harmonic balancer to replace a worn out or damaged harmonic balancer that is not available otherwise. The reconditioned harmonic balancer includes two or more pieces of metal held together with a cleaned hub, a cleaned inertia ring, a plurality of new elastomer material, a plurality of timing marks that need to be located on a keyway indicator at a precise location, and a plurality of mounting apertures. The timing marks are engraved, single-notched hash marks, or are painted on an outer surface...