US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Sept. 29 for "Shroud retention system for a work tool" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,566, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Shroud retention system for a work tool" was invented by Nathan Bjerke (Peoria, Ill.), Scott A. Schick (Morton, Ill.) and Thomas M. Congdon (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shroud retention system for a work tool is disclosed. The shroud retention system may have an adapter attached to the work tool. The shroud retention system may also have a shroud that slidably engages with the adapter. The shroud may have a retainer slot. Further, the shroud retention system may have a spring assembly disposed in the shroud. The spring assembly may have a bl...