ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,977, issued on May 20, was assigned to PDT ENGINEERING BVBA (Destelbergen, Belgium).

"Device for detecting and identifying play in vehicles" was invented by Johan Lambrecht (Bassevelde, Belgium) and Willy Lambrecht (Destelbergen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a device for detecting and identifying play and checking the attachment of wheel, steering-assembly and suspension parts of vehicles. The device includes a linearly displaceable carriage and a supporting plate which is configured to support a wheel of a vehicle. The supporting plate is rotatable, and the carriage is displaceable with re...