US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 29 for "Method and tool for controlled application of sealant material" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,763, issued on July 29, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Method and tool for controlled application of sealant material" was invented by Seth Carl Studnicka (Chillicothe, Ill.), Subhro Nathak (Peoria, Ill.), Jay C Landsiedel (Edwards, Ill.), David G Turner (Mossuille, Ill.) and Jay Hamilton Cline (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlled deposition of a liquid or semi-liquid sealant material is disclosed herein. The method includes the use of a template which allows the sealant material to be deposited as a bead onto a surface of a specific machine part. The placement and shape of the bead, ...