US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Global Mining on Oct. 27 for "Liner assembly for work implement" (Arizona, Wisconsin, Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,588, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining LLC (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Liner assembly for work implement" was invented by Cristian Zaharia (Marana, Ariz.), James Jamilosa (Waipahu, Hawaii) and Michael Wayne Haws (Wind Point, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liner assembly for a work implement is adapted to be coupled to a body of the work implement. The liner assembly includes a plurality of liners coupled to the body of the work implement. Each of the plurality of liners includes a base plate. The base plate defines a first surface adapted to contact material present in the work implement. The base plate also d...