US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Oct. 20 for "Non-rotating bit for cutting tool" (California, Minnesota, Illinois, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,614, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Non-rotating bit for cutting tool" was invented by Ronald D. Mills (Anaheim Hills, Calif.), David Castillo (Orange, Calif.), Jeff Rhode (Anaheim Hills, Calif.), Nicholas B. Johnson (Dayton, Minn.), Christopher Barnard (Maple Grove, Minn.), Robert Carr (Sebastian, Fla.) and David B. Parzynski Jr. (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting bit assembly for attachment to a tool holder of a milling-type machine includes a cutting tip, a generally cylindrical shank extending from the cutting tip and comprising a rotation-limiting ...