US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on April 29 for "Roller mounting and roller block assemblies for ground-engaging track system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,174, issued on April 29, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Roller mounting and roller block assemblies for ground-engaging track system" was invented by David Jennings Hakes (Princeville, Ill.) and Eric James Johannsen (Washington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller mounting assembly for a ground-engaging track system includes a frame, and a roller block coupled to the frame and including a shaft support surface extending through the roller block. The roller mounting assembly further includes a damper resiliently deformable, relative to the roller block, to dampen loads transmitted between the roller block an...