ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,359, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Pantograph assembly with force dampeners" was invented by Jacob Dean Randall (Peoria Heights, Ill.), Richard Eugene Hogan (Dunlap, Ill.), Nimesh Akalanka Jayakody (Springfield, Ill.) and Praveen Kumar Jonnavittula (Dunlap, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pantograph assembly includes one or more force dampeners. When the pantograph is in a lowered position, the force dampeners absorb forces imparted onto the pantograph assembly by the movement of a work machine to which the pantograph assembly is installed. Additionally, in some examples, the pantograph as...