ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,798, issued on June 23, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining LLC (Peoria, Ill.).
"Apparatus for operating a machine work tool" was invented by Igor Strashny (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed towards apparatuses for operating a work tool of a machine. The apparatus comprises a cylinder and a piston comprising a piston head, the piston head being mounted in the cylinder such that the piston is moveable relative to the cylinder. The apparatus comprises a gas spring arrangement for biasing the piston head away from the first cylinder end. The gas spring arrangement comprises a first gas...