ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,740, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC (Denison, Texas).
"System for accessing switch for ladder" was invented by Quintin McDaniel (Marana, Ariz.), Srinivas Chikkala (Tucson, Ariz.), Bradley Charles Sconzert (Tucson, Ariz.) and Shamshad S. Ahmed (Oro-Valley, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for accessing a switch for a ladder of a work machine includes a cover movable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position of the cover, the cover encloses the switch. The cover includes a lip portion. The system also includes a retention assembly. The retention assem...