US Patent Issued to Hendrickson USA on Jan. 20 for "Slack adjuster assembly for drum braking systems" (Ohio, North Carolina, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,404, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Hendrickson USA LLC (Schaumburg, Ill.).

"Slack adjuster assembly for drum braking systems" was invented by Jeffrey R. Wittlinger (Uniontown, Ohio), Jay D. White (Lenoir, N.C.), Dhawal P. Dharaiya (Twinsburg, Ohio), David L Schaeffer (Louisville, Ohio) and Wyatt R. Weekley (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slack adjuster assembly for use with a heavy-duty vehicle drum brake system, the slack adjuster assembly comprising a slack adjuster, a cam tube assembly, and an inboard sealing assembly and an outboard sealing assembly. The outboard sealing assembly includes a tubular sealing ri...