ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,944, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hensley Industries Inc. (Dallas).
"Lip for use on a material displacement apparatus" was invented by Karthik Halike Gururaj (Bengaluru, India) and David M. Hymas (Addison, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An excavating system for use in ground-engaging applications. The excavating system may include a wear member having a top leg, a bottom leg, and a bearing face connecting the legs. The excavating system may also include a lip, which may include a top inset surface. The top inset surface may have an upper bearing surface shaped to bear against an inner surface of the top leg of the shroud....