US Patent Issued to Manitowoc Crane Cos. on Jan. 28 for "Locking head assembly for crane boom pins, boom with such an assembly and crane with such a boom" (Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,999, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Manitowoc Crane Cos. LLC (Milwaukee).

"Locking head assembly for crane boom pins, boom with such an assembly and crane with such a boom" was invented by Stephen J. Schoonmaker (Chambersburg, Pa.), John F. Benton (Smithsburg, Md.), Bradley C. Calaman (Carlisle, Pa.), Martin R. Stander (Greencastle, Pa.) and Jared Yorke (Falling Waters, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking head assembly (210) for a telescoping boom (118) of a crane (110) includes a locking head (212) having a base (218), an operating plate (220) operably coupled to the base, one or more cylinder pins (222) and/or one or...