ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,319, issued on June 30, was assigned to Camso Inc. (Magog, Canada).

"Wheel of track system for traction of a vehicle" was invented by Serge Moreau (Magog, Canada), Matthieu Bergeron (Sherbrooke, Canada), Patrice Boily (Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Canada) and Alexandre Laprise (Racine, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel of a track system for traction of a vehicle (e.g., an agricultural vehicle) may be configured to protect a track of the track system by reducing stress induced in the track by the wheel. For example, a circumferential surface of the wheel may be uneven (e.g., curved) in a widthwise direction of the wheel (e....