US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Jan. 27 for "Rods for engaging a tool of a hammer within a housing of the hammer" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,871, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Rods for engaging a tool of a hammer within a housing of the hammer" was invented by Cody Moore (Lorena, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic hammer includes a housing configured to receive a housing portion of a tool and a first plurality of rods provided in the housing. The first plurality of rods are configured to engage a first portion of the housing portion of the tool. The first plurality of rods are parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tool. The hydraulic hammer further includes a second plurality of rods provided in the housing. The second...