ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,928, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DRB INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).

"Rubber pad for steel track" was invented by Yoon Tae Nam (Busan, South Korea) and Jung Ho Park (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a rubber pad for a steel track. The rubber pad coupled to the steel track formed by connecting a plurality of links and provided with a bushing engaging with a sprocket to allow driving of equipment may include a rubber pad body coupled to an outside of the link and a bushing cover extending from an outer surface of the pad body toward the adjacent pad body to shield the bushing from the outside...