ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,727, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"System for securing tanks to mobile machines" was invented by Aaron M. Brames (Morton, Ill.) and Sean David Lawson (East Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly, for securing a tank to a tank mount of a mobile machine, includes a band clamp surrounding a periphery of the tank, a mounting block coupled to the band clamp, and a bracket. The mounting block includes first mounting holes defined in a first surface and second mounting holes defined in a second surface that is angled relative to the first surface by a first angle. The bracket includes a ...