US Patent Issued to Hendrickson USA on March 31 for "Shear-to-torque guide pin assembly for heavy-duty vehicles" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,723, issued on March 31, was assigned to Hendrickson USA LLC (Schaumburg, Ill.).

"Shear-to-torque guide pin assembly for heavy-duty vehicles" was invented by Matthew P. Karich (Fairlawn, Ohio) and Jeffrey R. Wittlinger (Uniontown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide pin assembly for use with heavy-duty vehicle disc brake systems, the guide pin assembly comprising a hollow guide pin, a fastener, a separate torque-separable shear adaptor. The guide pin mounts a component of the disc brake system. The fastener is at least partially disposed through the guide pin and engages another component of the disc brake system to attach t...