US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Sept. 8 for "Door for work machine" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,709, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Door for work machine" was invented by Yogesh Govind Padwal (Pimpri-Chinchwad, India), Ashokkumar Kuppan (Chennai, India), Joel Nicholas Thieschafer (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Emile Antonios Ghantous (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door for a work machine includes a first section having a first glass portion and a handrail coupled to the first glass portion. The door also includes a second section having a frame portion and a second glass portion. The door further includes a first latching mechanism movable between a first engaged state and a first...