ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,274, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Adjustable levelling pad" was invented by Abraham Hendrik Hooghart (Ridderkerk, Netherlands) and Rene Vermeulen (Spijkenisse, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable levelling pad includes a first component provided with first screw threads, a second component provided with second screw threads cooperating with the first screw threads of the first component and a bearing element having a bearing surface cooperating with the first component. The second component has an upper surface having an inclined surface portion, the inclined surface ...