US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on June 23 for "Pump or fluid-powered motor connection" (Japanese, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,006, issued on June 23, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Pump or fluid-powered motor connection" was invented by Kazuma Sasaki (Akashi, Japan), Naoki Sawada (Kako-Gun, Japan) and Stive Ramalho (Isle d'Abeau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump or fluid-powered motor and a flange may include a pump housing defining an inlet and an outlet and internal pump components arranged within the housing and operably coupled to a drive shaft extending out of an end of the housing and defining a longitudinal axis. A pump flange may be arranged on the end of the housing and comprising a generally rectangular plate having ...