US Patent Issued to Kundel Industries on March 4 for "Method and apparatus for operating a slew bearing" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,740, issued on March 4, was assigned to Kundel Industries Inc. (Vienna, Ohio).

"Method and apparatus for operating a slew bearing" was invented by Robert Kundel Sr. (Cortland, Ohio), Richard A. Schley (Warren, Ohio) and Andrew A. Pirigyi (Warren, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slew bearing that includes an inner ring. The slew bearing also includes a first outer ring positioned about a first portion of the inner ring. The slew bearing also includes a second outer ring operably engaged with the first outer ring, wherein the second outer ring is positioned about a second portion of the inner ring opposite to the first outer ring...