US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Sept. 30 for "Apparatus to secure angle of hydraulic coupling connections" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,800, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Apparatus to secure angle of hydraulic coupling connections" was invented by Jacob Andrew Scheirer (Tomball, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a hydraulic coupling connection, defined between a hose and a valve of a machine, includes: a split flange configured to be engaged with a coupling disposed at an end of the hose; a plurality of fasteners disposed through corresponding openings in the split flange, wherein the plurality of fasteners are configured to secure the split flange and the coupling to a body of the valve; and a brac...