US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Jan. 28 for "Repositionable abrasive disc mounting assembly and method of using the same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,492, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Repositionable abrasive disc mounting assembly and method of using the same" was invented by Joseph B. Eckel (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Thomas J. Nelson (Woodbury, Minn.), Fay T. Salmon (Eden Prairie, Minn.), David T. Buckley (Falcon Heights, Minn.), Cory M. Arthur (Eagan, Minn.), Alireza Ghaderi (Woodbury, Minn.) and Dominic J. Triana (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repositionable abrasive disc mounting assembly comprises a backup pad and a clamp assembly. The backup pad has a rotational axis of use and a major surface with projecti...