US Patent Issued to Volvo Construction Equipment on March 17 for "Fan for lubrication and cooling of eccentric bearings in a surface compactor machine" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,056, issued on March 17, was assigned to Volvo Construction Equipment AB (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

"Fan for lubrication and cooling of eccentric bearings in a surface compactor machine" was invented by Christopher Grove (Fayetteville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eccentric shaft assembly includes a first eccentric shaft including an interior surface forming a recess therein, an exterior surface, at least one first fluid inlet extending between the interior surface and the exterior surface, at least one first fluid outlet extending between the interior surface and the exterior surface. The eccentric shaft assembly further includ...