US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Dec. 16 for "Holder for a work tool" (Illinois, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,763, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Holder for a work tool" was invented by Douglas Charles Serrurier (Morton, Ill.), Andrew W. Young (Braunfels, Texas) and Eric Thomas Sinn (Tremont, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shroud retention system may include a retainer plate holder having a top surface, a bottom surface parallel to the top surface, a retainer plate engaging surface extending between the bottom surface and the top surface, wherein the retainer plate engaging surface may be inclined relative to a plane perpendicular to the top surface, a rear surface opposite the retainer plate enga...