ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,855, issued on May 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Systems and methods for assembling a hammer tool" was invented by Cody Moore (Lorena, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods can include stretching a stud of a hammer assembly by tightening, according to a preset amount, a plurality of fasteners, which can extend from a first end surface and/or a second end surface of a first nut threadedly coupled to the stud, against an upper surface of a body of the hammer assembly. The fasteners and the first nut can provide a clamping load for the stud upon completion of the tightening. The systems and met...