US Patent Issued to Wabtec UK on Sept. 16 for "Traction rod assembly" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,553, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Wabtec UK Ltd. (Staffordshire, Great Britain).

"Traction rod assembly" was invented by William Alan Aitken (Leven, Great Britain), Wayne Jamieson (Leven, Great Britain) and Robert James Wheeler (Heanor, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traction rod assembly for a bogie system includes a body extending between first and second ends. A bush assembly is coupled with the first end and includes a first component having a passage, and a second component disposed within the passage of the first component. The bush assembly includes an eccentric offset such that a center of the first co...