ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,333, issued on July 1, was assigned to Unverferth Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Kalida, Ohio).

"Brake assembly for a tracked vehicle" was invented by Michael D. Van Mill (Shell Rock, Iowa), Shawn W. Gerdeman (Delphos, Ohio) and John Walvatne (Parkersburg, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A farm implement is provided having a frame and first and second track assemblies for assisting in moving the farm implement along a ground surface in a line of travel. The first track assembly and the second track assembly are positioned on opposite lateral sides of the frame. The first track assembly has a first track frame, a first idler wheel, and a ...