US Patent Issued to Dodge Industrial on July 28 for "Clamp collar" (Tennessee, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,902, issued on July 28, was assigned to Dodge Industrial Inc. (Oxford, Conn.).

"Clamp collar" was invented by Thomas E. Kuckhoff (Greenville, S.C.) and James G. Saxon (Russellville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly is disclosed, comprising: an outer race and a plurality of rolling elements associated with the outer race. An inner race adapted to receive a shaft therein is rotatably disposed within the outer race such that the plurality of rolling elements are disposed between the inner and outer races. A cylindrical extension forming a plurality of tabs symmetrically arranged around the entire periphery of the ...