US Patent Issued to Hendrickson USA on June 24 for "Clamp group and round axle with alignment features" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,637, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hendrickson USA LLC (Schaumburg, Ill.).

"Clamp group and round axle with alignment features" was invented by Sean T. Lindsay (Schaumburg, Ill.), Ryan M. Ettenhofer (Schaumburg, Ill.), Michael P. Robinson (Schaumburg, Ill.), Ashley T. Dudding (Schaumburg, Ill.) and Richard J. Aumann (Schaumburg, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp group mounting of a leaf spring to a round axle including alignment features is disclosed, which includes a round axle, a leaf spring and a clamp group connecting the leaf spring to a laterally extending axle. A locator ring is welded to an upper arcuate surfac...