US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 4 for "Wing shroud" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,394, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Wing shroud" was invented by Andrew W. Young (New Braunfels, Texas), Ezhil Valavan Karunakaran (Ariyalur DT, India), Eric T. Sinn (Tremont, Ill.) and Douglas C. Serrurier (Morton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing shroud has a body including a side portion having a side inner surface, a side abutment surface, a side outer surface, and a side rear surface, a floor portion having a floor upper surface, a floor lower surface, a floor front surface, a floor outer surface, and a floor rear surface, and an attachment recess defined by a plurality of inward sur...