US Patent Issued to CATERPILLAR on July 22 for "Pump having a flange for mounting an auxiliary pump" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,234, issued on July 22, was assigned to CATERPILLAR INC. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Pump having a flange for mounting an auxiliary pump" was invented by Romas J. Povilonis (Naperville, Ill.) and David A. Mork (Yorkville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump is disclosed. The pump may have a housing connectable to a transmission of a machine adjacent a front end of the pump. The pump may also have a flange attached to the housing adjacent a rear end of the pump. The flange may have a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the flange, and a transverse axis extending along a width of the flange. The flange may also have a first mount...