ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,875, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Consolidated Metco Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.).

"Wheel hub with passageway" was invented by Jared Wiley Richard Burris (Ridgefield, Wash.), Richard T. Caminari (Vancouver, Wash.), Randy P. Smith (Clackamas, Ore.), Jonathan Roy Elkin (Camas, Wash.), Timothy James Reddington II (Parrish, Fla.), Noah Augustine (Waxhaw, N.C.), Michael E. Johnson (Scappoose, Ore.), Michael S. Bohna (Hillsboro, Ore.), Gavin Leisek (Vancouver, Wash.) and Caleb Thomas Creason (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect of the present disclosure, a wheel hub is provided that includes a wheel hub body havi...