US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 21 for "System for moving mast of drilling machine" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,074, issued on July 21, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System for moving mast of drilling machine" was invented by Anand Subbiah (Chennai, India), R Prasana (Chennai, India), Jegatheesh Chidambaram (Nagercoil, India) and Partiban Chengalvarayan (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for moving a mast of a drilling machine includes a hydraulic actuator defining a rod end and a head end. The rod end of the hydraulic actuator is coupled to the mast to move the mast about a pivot axis. The system also includes a fluid line in fluid communication with the head end of the hydraulic actuator. The system f...