US Patent Issued to Federal Signal on March 11 for "Boom turret for an excavation vehicle and method thereof" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,372, issued on March 11, was assigned to Federal Signal Corp. (Downers Grove, Ill.).

"Boom turret for an excavation vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Timothy G. Mayer (Metamora, Ill.) and Joseph L. Schmidt (Tonica, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boom turret for a debris body. The boom turret includes an inlet defining an inlet axis and configured to couple to a hose. An outlet defining an outlet axis and configured to rotatably couple to the debris body. The inlet axis is substantially orthogonal to the outlet axis and a debris flow path is defined within the boom turret between the inlet and the outlet. A plate is ...