US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Work Tools on May 20 for "Method of retrofitting an excavator with a tiltrotor using a split connector" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,354, issued on May 20, was assigned to Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. (s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands).

"Method of retrofitting an excavator with a tiltrotor using a split connector" was invented by Patrick Grant (Tilburg, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of retrofitting an excavator to add a tiltrotator can include installing a tiltrotator on a stick and a bucket of the excavator, where the tiltrotator can include a tiltrotator wiring connector. An existing external machine connector can be disconnected from a first connector block on an outside cabin wall of the excavator. A first external connector of a first externa...