ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,395, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining LLC (Tucson, Ariz.).
"Liner plate mounting assembly" was invented by James G. Jamilosa (Waipahu, Hawaii).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liner assembly for protecting a sidewall of a work implement associated with a work machine. The liner assembly includes a wedge, a wedge-plate interface, a liner plate, and a weld. The wedge comprising a receiving channel configured to support the liner plate and a slot for filling the weld to secure the wedge to the sidewall. The liner plate includes an engaging channel complementary to the receiving channel to form the wedge-plate in...