US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Oct. 6 for "System for returning fluid from hydraulic devices of work machines" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,579, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System for returning fluid from hydraulic devices of work machines" was invented by Craig Nicholas Cotterman (Fairborn, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, for returning fluid from one or more hydraulic devices to a fluid tank of a work machine, includes a manifold and a mount. The manifold is configured to be fixedly mounted to the fluid tank. The manifold defines an inner volume for receiving a flow of the fluid returning from the one or more hydraulic devices. The mount is configured to be fixedly mounted to each of the fluid tank and the manifold. T...