US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on March 18 for "Cylinder sequencing for a dual stage lift system for a snow wing" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,853, issued on March 18, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Cylinder sequencing for a dual stage lift system for a snow wing" was invented by Benjamin J. Kovalick (Chillicothe, Ill.), Bruce Raymond Vahling (Urbana, Ill.) and Ernest Everett Stoops (Mt. Zion, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations a lift assembly for a snow wing assembly may include a first lifting mechanism, coupled to the motor grader, configured to lift the snow wing assembly a first portion of a bench height associated with a moldboard via a first hydraulic cylinder. The lift assembly may include a second lifting mechanism, coup...