ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,862, issued on March 18, was assigned to Rockland Inc. (Bedford, Pa.).
"Compaction wheel assembly" was invented by Nathaniel Miller (Altoona, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compaction wheel assembly includes a shaft, a plurality of compaction wheels along the shaft, and at least one bushing assembly. The bushing assembly includes first and second split bushings axially spaced-apart to form a space therebetween, the upper and lower bushing housings removably secured together with the first and second split bushings therebetween to clamp the first and second split bushings about the shaft, and at least one first shim located bet...