US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Dec. 16 for "Attachment tool coupling assembly for a construction vehicle" (Utah, Iowa, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,748, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Attachment tool coupling assembly for a construction vehicle" was invented by Paul Wilhelm Rau (Plain City, Utah), Richard Lee Niespodzany (Pulaski, Wis.) and Lonnie L. McGee Jr. (Burlington, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Work vehicles, such as construction vehicles, include an attachment tool to transport material. The attachment tool is coupled to a lift arm assembly of the construction vehicle via a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly is designed to be coupled to any one of a variety of attachment tools. However, coupling assemblies ...