ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,482, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. (Fairview, Ore.).
"Adjustable wear block for mast systems" was invented by Niek Habers (Weurt, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable wear block for a mast system can include a housing and a wear pad arranged on an adjustable base within the wear block housing. In one embodiment, the wear block, wear pad, and adjustable base all have a circular cross-section. Threading on the outside of the base can match threading on an inner wall of the housing. As the base is rotated within the housing, the position of the base and the attached wear pad c...