US Patent Issued to ESCO GROUP on July 14 for "Wear assembly" (Oregon, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,278, issued on July 14, was assigned to ESCO GROUP LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Wear assembly" was invented by Clinton A. Wood (Portland, Ore.), Cameron R. Leedham (Portland, Ore.), Christopher D. Snyder (Driggs, Idaho) and Christopher E. Grewell (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wear assembly for earth working equipment including a wear member including an exterior surface, an opening to receive a separable component, and a hole extending from the external surface to the opening. A lock in the hole to secure the separable component to the wear member, wherein the lock includes a collar and a pin that is adjustable within th...