ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,479, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BLACK CAT WEAR PARTS LTD. (Edmonton, Canada).
"Wear component securement" was invented by John A. Ruvang (Bartonville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wear component securement system can include a housing securable against rotation relative to a wear component, a pin rotatable in a passage of the housing about an axis of rotation, the pin being configured to displace along the axis of rotation in response to rotation of the pin in the passage, and a resilient member that resists rotation of the pin away from a locked position relative to the housing. A method can include installing a hous...