US Patent Issued to Sandvik Mining and Construction G.m.b.H. on Aug. 12 for "Connection device and system for suspending a monorail beam from a roof bolt" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,189, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Sandvik Mining and Construction G.m.b.H. (Zeltweg, Austria).

"Connection device and system for suspending a monorail beam from a roof bolt" was invented by Hubert Rieger (Mobersdorf-Siedlung, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection device for suspending a monorail beam includes a top anchor integrated with or attachable to a roof bolt and a clamping device for connection to the monorail beam. The clamping device has a housing attachable to the monorail beam. The housing includes a central recess with an opening configured such that the top anchor is movable into and out of the centr...