ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,079, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Debris deflector for a final drive" was invented by Edward Richard Smith (Peoria, Ill.), Daniel Darrell Bell (Peoria, Ill.) and Bradley James Miller (Geneva, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris deflector includes an at least partially annular body defining a central axis, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction about the central axis. The at least partially annular body includes an outer radial extremity defining surface, an inner radial extremity defining surface, a first circumferential extremity defining surface, and a second circumfer...