ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,772, issued on April 29, was assigned to METALOGENIA RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).
"System for fixing wear elements on earth-moving machines" was invented by Carlos Amat Holgado (Barcelona, Spain) and Javier Jimenez Garcia (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for fixing wear elements in earth-moving machines is provided which comprises a stem that rotates between a locking position and a release position, with locking elements including a first deformable locking element placed at the inner end of the stem and a second locking element arranged towards the outer end of the stem. This system allow...