US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on June 3 for "Conduit coupling with indicator of bend plane" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,459, issued on June 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Conduit coupling with indicator of bend plane" was invented by Bailey Justin Ferkel (Menominee, Mich.) and Gary M Steen (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit coupling includes a first connector at a first end of the conduit coupling, a second connector at a second end of the conduit coupling, and a stem between the first connector and the second connector. A first end of the stem is attached to the first connector. A second end of the stem is attached to the second connector. The stem is bent at a particular bend angle along a bend plane. The fir...