ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,504, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NORCO INDUSTRIES INC. (Compton, Calif.).
"Trailer axle cartridge" was invented by Jason Douglas Collins (Granger, Ind.), Jon David Stough (Angola, Ind.), Akos Peter Sefcsik (Middlebury, Ind.) and William A Aske (Cassopolis, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an axle cartridge member for receiving a pair of torsion stub axles. The axle cartridge member includes a pair of laterally opposed bases, with each base defining a cavity therein for receiving an elongated stub housing of the torsion stub axles. The axle cartridge member also includes a pair of axle mounts that each i...