ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,964, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Tooth assemblies for ground engaging tools" was invented by Corey Michael Wells (East Peoria, Ill.), Eric Thomas Sinn (Tremont, Ill.), Brandon Hammig McCaffrey (St. Louis, Ill.), William Jay Ulrich IV (East Peoria, Ill.), Douglas Charles Serrurier (Morton, Ill.) and Thomas M. Congdon (Dunlap, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground engaging tip assembly includes a ground engaging tip, an adapter, and a retention mechanism. The ground engaging tip includes an inner surface extending inward from a rear edge defining a nose cavity within the ground engaging t...