US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 3 for "Dimpled track link" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,335, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Dimpled track link" was invented by Baojie Ai (Tianjin, China), William Baar (Peoria, Ill.) and Fuquan Zu (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track link may include two end portions including a pin bore and a bushing bore, both the pin bore and the bushing bore extending between an inner surface and an outer surface of the track link, and a central portion, in between the two end portions. The central portion may include a strut extending at least partially along a central axis of the central portion of the track link, at least two windows extending ...