US Patent Issued to Joy Global Underground Mining on Nov. 18 for "Coupling between a steerable wheel and a housing in a vehicle wheel unit" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,770, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Joy Global Underground Mining LLC (Warrendale, Pa.).

"Coupling between a steerable wheel and a housing in a vehicle wheel unit" was invented by Jianjun Han (Gracemere, Australia) and Nathan Weckerly (Bruin, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel unit for a vehicle includes a main housing configured to be coupled to a chassis of the vehicle, the main housing including first and second control arms. A transmission housing includes a body having first and second protrusions extending from the body, the first protrusion partially defining a first cavity that receives a portion of the first cont...