US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Oct. 21 for "Stepped deflector for a screed assembly" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,740, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Stepped deflector for a screed assembly" was invented by Brett Wayne Engel (Otsego, Minn.), Anthony Paul Steinhagen (Maple Grove, Minn.), John E. Jorgensen (Andover, Minn.) and Ryan T. Thiesse (Otsego, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deflector for a screed assembly includes a front surface, a bottom surface, and a stepped transition connecting the front surface to the bottom surface."

The patent was filed on Oct. 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/499,459.

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