US Patent Issued to GOMACO on March 18 for "Slew drive control" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,850, issued on March 18, was assigned to GOMACO Corp. (Ida Grove, Iowa).

"Slew drive control" was invented by Scott Pedersen (Rockwell City, Iowa), Steven A. Johnson (Ida Grove, Iowa) and Thomas C Farr (Ida Grove, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slew drive includes a bushing interfacing with a drive gear. The bushing resists a load from the drive gear. The bushing includes an aluminum bronze alloy with a high strength. A paving machine includes multiple of the slew drives. The slew drives control an angle of a pivot arm and steering of a track. A method of reducing component failure in the paving machine includes determining a...