US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 8 for "Wheel speed transducer test adapter" (Illinois, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,125, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Wheel speed transducer test adapter" was invented by Matthew Norris Mellon (Payson, Ill.) and Joseph Edward Flach (St. Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel speed transducer test adapter and method for wheel speed transducer testing. The wheel speed transducer test adapter includes a socket for engagement with a wheel hub. A clevis is rotatable within the socket and with respect to the socket and the wheel hub. The clevis is engaged with a wheel speed transducer attached to the wheel hub. A collar secures the clevis to the socket. A torque supplyi...