US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment on Aug. 25 for "Modular mounting structure for work truck accessories" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,279, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC (Denison, Texas).

"Modular mounting structure for work truck accessories" was invented by Shamshad S. Ahmed (Oro-Vallay, Ariz.), Ankush Sharma (Jalandhar, India), Ian A. Tiggemann (Peoria, Ill.) and Gurbachan Singh Bumraw (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame system for a truck can comprise a chassis for connecting to wheels of the truck, and a removable mounting structure attached to the chassis, wherein the removable mounting structure can be configured to support cooling accessories for a propulsion system of the truck and to receive o...