ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,255, issued on March 24, was assigned to Melancon Holdings LLC (Lynchburg, Va.).
"Systems and methods for automated container wheel assembly manufacturing" was invented by Dennis Wayne Melancon Jr. (Lynchburg, Va.) and Charles Hendricksen (Fernandina Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated container wheel manufacturing system includes a bracket and wheel end cap laser and staging subsystem, an axle sawing subsystem, an axle housing machining subsystem, and a wheel pipe sawing subsystem. The wheel end cap laser and staging subsystem is configured to manufacture mounting brackets and wheel end caps, the axle sawing sub...