ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,738, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TREW LLC (West Chester, Ohio).

"Sprocket damping assembly for conveyor system" was invented by Brian T. Stollmaier (Milford, Ohio) and Jeffrey L. Vessell (Morrow, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprocket damping assembly including a plurality of sprocket damping segments is disclosed. The sprocket damping segment includes a plate and a gasket. The plate includes an inner surface, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, an inner radial edge, an outer radial edge opposite the inner radial edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge opposite the first side edge, a groove formed in t...