ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,750, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining LLC (Tucson, Ariz.).
"Pivoting pinned connection for a rope shovel bucket" was invented by James G. Jamilosa (Waipahu, Hawaii).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pivoting connection between a bucket and a padlock of a rope shovel, a pin assembly, and a rope shovel are disclosed. A pivoting connection includes a pin having a pin axis and extending through a bucket lug of the bucket and a pair of padlock lugs of the padlock; a flag having a pin end and a mounting end; a locking coupling coaxial with the pin axis and located in the pin end of the flag, wherein the locking co...