ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,230, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hensley Industries Inc. (Dallas).

"Retention system for a wear part for a bucket for an earth moving machine" was invented by Arnold Furre (Sandnes, Norway), Anuop Udayakumar (Klepp Stasjon, Norway) and Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset (Klepp Stasjon, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retention system is for a wear part for a bucket for an earth moving machine. The retention system has in operational use: i) a bucket body having a trench; ii) a force multiplier having a shape substantially corresponding to a shape of the trench; iii) a wear part mounted to an edge of the bucket body, and iv) a plura...