ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,081, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Bae Systems Hagglunds Aktiebolag (Omskoldsvik, Sweden).

"Ground engaging device for an endless track of a tracked vehicle" was invented by Bjorn Westberg (Arnasvall, Sweden), Hakan Kohn (Arnasvall, Sweden) and Philip Kortz (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a ground engaging device (G) for an endless track (E) of a tracked vehicle. The ground engaging device is attachable to the outer side of said endless track (E). The ground engaging device (G) comprises an engagement member (10) configured to be arranged in connection to the outer side (Ea...