ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,005, issued on July 1, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Dual stage lift system for a snow wing" was invented by Bruce Raymond Vahling (Urbana, Ill.), Benjamin J. Kovalick (Chillicothe, Ill.) and Nathaniel Keith Harshman (Sullivan, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a lift assembly for a moldboard of a snow wing assembly of a motor grader may include a first lifting mechanism mechanically coupled to an undercarriage assembly of the motor grader. The first lifting mechanism may be configured to lift the moldboard of the snow wing assembly a first portion of a bench height associated with the mo...