US Patent Issued to WheelSafe Technology on July 21 for "Tether restraint for truck drive wheels" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,230, issued on July 21, was assigned to WheelSafe Technology Inc. (Yukon, Okla.).

"Tether restraint for truck drive wheels" was invented by William Turner (Yukon, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel restraint system especially useful for restraining break-away wheels on drive axles and also to trailer axles, having a tether, a cable end component, a thrust bearing, and a wheel retention subassembly which fits over a wheel hub, wherein the tether is secured to the vehicle, such as secured to the inside wall of a hollow axle or through a hollow axle to an opposing similar wheel restraint system."

The patent was filed on Nov. ...