ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,776, issued on May 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Anti-tipping features for a retaining mechanism" was invented by Jason Grant Jura (Tremont, Ill.), Eric T. Sinn (Tremont, Ill.), Douglas C. Serrurier (Morton, Ill.) and Corey Michael Wells (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wear member includes a body having a forward closed portion, and a rear open portion defining a cavity. The wear member also includes an exterior surface, an interior surface defining the cavity, and a retaining mechanism receiving aperture. The retaining mechanism receiving aperture includes an interior portion defined by the int...