US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on April 22 for "Seal member for joint assembly of a machine and systems, methods, and assemblies thereof" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,704, issued on April 22, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Seal member for joint assembly of a machine and systems, methods, and assemblies thereof" was invented by Pradeep Chapagain (Dunlap, Ill.) and Joel K. Cadbury-Allen (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing member, which can have a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, can comprise: a body defining a first opening at the first end portion of the sealing member and a second opening at the second end portion of the sealing member; a first ring fitted to the body at the first end portion of th...