ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,851, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CRW DESIGNS AND MACHINING (Anaheim, Calif.).
"Front hub with tire balancer for sprint cars" was invented by Cody Williams (Norco, Calif.) and Rodney Williams (Yorba Linda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balancer hub assembly for a sprint car. The balancer hub assembly includes an hub having a groove; a cap having a groove and removably couplable to the hub. The groove of the hub and the groove of the cap form a chamber when the hub and the cap are coupled to each other. The balancer hub assembly can include a plurality of ball bearing (BB) pellets and oil positioned inside the chamber....