ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,938, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BAE Systems Hagglunds Aktiebolag (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden).
"Track assembly for a tracked vehicle" was invented by Max Thoren (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden), Bjorn Hellholm (Arnasvall, Sweden) and Filip Byberg (Linkoping, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a track assembly comprising a track support beam for supporting road wheels, a drive wheel member, a drive arrangement for drive wheel member operation and an endless track disposed around said road wheels and drive wheel member. Said drive arrangement comprises a drive unit for drive wheel member drive, and a brake arrangement for braki...