US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on June 17 for "Apparatus with interlocking surfaces to secure angle of hydraulic coupling connections" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,857, issued on June 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Apparatus with interlocking surfaces to secure angle of hydraulic coupling connections" was invented by Jacob Andrew Scheirer (Tomball, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a hydraulic coupling connection includes a coupling disposed at an end of a hose and defining a flange having: a lower surface configured to engage a body of a valve; an upper surface; and an outer diameter surface connecting the lower surface and the upper surface, the outer diameter surface defining a first plurality of straight sides; and a split flange engaged wi...