US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Oct. 7 for "Hydraulic cylinder with an integrated pressure relief system" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,491, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Hydraulic cylinder with an integrated pressure relief system" was invented by Jason K. Carton (Geneseo, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grapple hydraulic cylinder may comprise a barrel body, a piston-rod assembly, a cap operably connected to the barrel body, and a pressure relief system. The pressure relief system may be operably connected to a rod side chamber and a cap side chamber. The pressure relief system may comprise a first valve and a second valve. The second valve may be a relief valve configured to open upon the cap side chamber reaching a determined ...