ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,255, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Protective cap for inlet receptacle of electrical charging system" was invented by Joshua D. Wetterich (Dunlap, Ill.), Basheer B. Qattum (Peoria, Ill.) and Jeffery M. Othman (Naperville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective cap can be mated with an inlet receptacle of an electrical charging system on a mining machine. The protective cap is made of a non-conductive rigid material and can include a triangular shell extending from a planar cap plate. Extending from the cap plate opposite the triangular shell can be a cap handle including a flange and a...