US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 15 for "Modular spindle force sensor" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,424, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Modular spindle force sensor" was invented by Glenn Arthur Lucachick (Bloomington, Minn.) and Robbin Scott Roberts (Saint Michael, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel support includes a support member configured to be secured to a suspension component of a vehicle. The wheel support includes a transducer body having a rigid annular rim secured to the support member; a rigid center support; and a plurality of radial members extending radially and joining the central support to the annular rim, each of the radial members including at least on...