ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,078, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Strickland Tracks Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Wheel-to-track conversion system" was invented by Luke Sheppard (Worcester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track assembly mounted to a rotating wheel drive of a vehicle that includes a frame with inboard and outboard frame members having a center gap between them. A bearing housing is mounted to the outboard frame member. A hub adaptor has a peripheral wall forming a hollow interior that receives the wheel drive. Separate annular flanges are connected to and extend away from inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall and connect to...