US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment on Feb. 17 for "Electromechanical joint for conductor arm having multiple degrees of freedom" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,259, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC (Denison, Texas).

"Electromechanical joint for conductor arm having multiple degrees of freedom" was invented by Igor Strashny (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical joint provides rotational movement in at least two dimensions while conducting electrical power between orthogonal hubs. The joint, shaped as a cross, has four conical shafts positioned orthogonally and apart from each other within an interior of a housing. Apexes of the conical shafts face each other proximate a centroid of the housing. A conductive fluid, such as...