ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,518, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Greaseable hinge for a snow wing" was invented by Benjamin J. Kovalick (Chillicothe, Ill.) and Bruce Raymond Vahling (Urbana, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, coupling system for rotatably coupling a moldboard of a snow wing assembly includes a hinge for rotatably coupling the moldboard to a linkage assembly to enable the moldboard to rotate in a first rotational direction, the hinge including a plate having a first face and a second face. The plate includes a first passageway extending between the first face and the second face to f...