ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,761, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Intech Powercore Corp. (Closter, N.J.).

"Metal core cam follower and method of assembling" was invented by Georg Bartosch (Demarest, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cam follower includes a shaft and a metal core, preferably made from aluminum, with a substantially cylindrical through bore extending between first and second axial core ends, the through bore having an annular shoulder extending inwardly from an interior surface thereof at a position between the first and second axial core ends. At least two bearing assemblies are disposed in the through bore, at least one of which being dis...