ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,420, issued on April 14, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Slider wheel having a plurality of slider surfaces" was invented by Scott H. Magner (Dunlap, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slider wheel for a track support assembly may include a first side surface, a second side surface, and a plurality of distinct, arc-shaped slider surfaces, the plurality of slider surfaces forming a non-circular sliding circumferential surface located between the first side surface and the second side surface. The slider wheel may also include a plurality of pin holes in at least one of the first side surface and the second side s...