ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,387, issued on June 10, was assigned to SAF-Holland Inc. (Muskegon, Mich.).

"Landing gear assembly" was invented by Jeffrey S. Kemppainen (Kent City, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing gear assembly configured to support a trailer includes a leg assembly including first and second leg members, the first leg member having first and second apertures extending through sidewalls, and a gear assembly including an input shaft extending through one of the apertures and a drive gear fixed to the input gear, an output shaft extending through another of the apertures, where the output gear fixed to the output shaft includes a slot ...