ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,222, issued on April 21, was assigned to Musashi Auto Parts Canada Inc. (Waterloo, Canada).

"Apparatus and method for refining a ball joint stud" was invented by Scott Greshuk (Kenilworth, Canada), Usam Ayad Nasser (Guelph, Canada), Anthony Edward Meola (Guelph, Canada), Peter Jacob MacPherson (Cambridge, Canada), Wenxuan Lu (Kitchener, Canada) and Tyler Benson Veld (Listowel, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method and apparatus for refining a ball joint stud. The method includes receiving and releasably securing the ball joint stud in a holder between a first die and a second die. The method further includes tra...