US Patent Issued to OTR Wheel Engineering on Dec. 16 for "Wheel assembly, lock-ring for wheel assembly, handle engageable with lock-ring, and related methods" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,850, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to OTR Wheel Engineering Inc. (Rome, Ga.).

"Wheel assembly, lock-ring for wheel assembly, handle engageable with lock-ring, and related methods" was invented by Leonard Austin Hensel (Rome, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock-ring system may include one or more lock-ring sections configured to at least partially define an annular lock-ring and one or more coupler plates configured to couple a first ring section end of a first lock-ring section to either a second ring section end of the first lock-ring section or to a ring section end of a second lock-ring section. The one or more coupler pla...