US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Jan. 20 for "Compact rotary union assembly for a wheel hub" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,318, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Compact rotary union assembly for a wheel hub" was invented by Rafael Gaxiola Cockburn (Nuevo Leon, Mexico), Mark D. Klein (Ankeny, Iowa), John R. Vande Kemp (Cambridge, Ill.) and Eric A. Keen (Manhattan, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact rotary union assembly for inflating and deflating a tire mounted to a hub having a hub housing. The compact rotary union assembly includes a spindle, an inner sleeve, and an outer sleeve. The spindle includes a spindle channel. The inner sleeve includes a flange portion, a cylinder portion coupled to the flange portion,...