ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,500, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Idler adjustment assembly" was invented by Eric J. Johannsen (Washington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An idler adjustment assembly includes a support block; a first set of one or more adjustment components to move a first wear component between a first plurality of positions that are adjacent to an external surface of a first side of the support block; a second set of one or more adjustment components to move a second wear component between a second plurality of positions that are adjacent to an external surface of a second side of the support block; a ...