US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Sept. 22 for "Non-rotating bit for cutting tool" (Illinois, California, Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,396, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Non-rotating bit for cutting tool" was invented by Nicholas B. Johnson (Dayton, Minn.), Robert Edwin Carr (Sebastian, Fla.), David Castillo (Orange, Calif.), Jeff Rhode (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) and David Bruno 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 cylindrical shank extending from the cutting tip and comprising a rotation-limiting surface, and a spring clip surrounding a body of the shank. The spring clip includ...