ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,889, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Sensor installation tool" was invented by Tony Barton Davis (Sumter, S.C.), William E. McCoy (Sumter, S.C.) and Henry Torosyan (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor installation tool for installing a sensor in a pocket in a cap end of a hydraulic cylinder may include an elongate portion configured for reaching through a hydraulic cylinder from outside a rod end to a cap end thereof and having a proximal end and a distal end. The tool may also include a delivery head arranged on a distal end and comprising a centering portion and a positioning port...