US Patent Issued to Branch Manager on Feb. 17 for "Free rotating hydraulic joint for a vehicle attachment" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,215, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Branch Manager (Ramsey, Minn.).

"Free rotating hydraulic joint for a vehicle attachment" was invented by Mike Hagan (Ramsey, Minn.), Dave Nordgaard (Ramsey, Minn.), Blake Rosen (Ramsey, Minn.) and Kevin Staples (Ramsey, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to free rotating hydraulic joint apparatuses and systems for a vehicle attachment. One apparatus includes a swivel component and a coupler wherein the swivel component can freely rotate through 360 degrees with respect to the coupler around one rotational axis and wherein the joint formed by the swivel component...