ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,901, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Laitram LLC (Harahan, La.).
"Conveyor component with flexible hub and conveyor assembly" was invented by Matthew Vulpetti (Metairie, La.), Ryan Hale (New Orleans) and Jake A. Mohan (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor component for use in a conveyor includes a flexible hub for mounting a shaft and a continuous rim connected to the flexible hub for contacting a conveyor belt. The flexible hub includes a peripheral gap that can be widened using an expansion tool to enlarge a shaft-receiving opening formed by the flexible hub. A flexible finger terminating in a positionin...