ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,972, issued on June 10, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Control system for actuated pins" was invented by Riley A. Albers (Sugar Grove, Ill.), Jason P. Wigg (Ridgley, Australia), Dennis W. Dicker (Devonport, Australia), Rowan T. Franks (Penguin, Australia), Robert A. Herold (Brimfield, Ill.), Steven R. Krause (Chillicothe, Ill.), Fuaad A. Sayeed (Dunlap, Ill.) and Brodie L. Thompson (West Ulverstone, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuated shear pin includes an actuator and pin body coupled to the actuator. The actuator selectively configures the pin body in a locking configuration or a stowed configura...