ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,151, issued on April 14, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Universal hydraulic connecting quick coupler system" was invented by Mark William Thompson (Manhattan, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick coupler system for connecting a work tool to an arm of a work machine includes an adapter bracket with spaced apart side walls each having first and second adapter openings for receiving first and second bracket pins of a work tool bracket. The adapter bracket is disposed between bracket side walls of the work tool bracket when the adapter openings receiving the corresponding bracket pins. A coupler link having fir...