ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,265, issued on July 14, was assigned to Minetec S.A. (Santiago, Chile).
"Damping element for excavator buckets" was invented by Bernardo Luis Vera Torres (Santiago, Chile), Fernando Esteban De La Fuente Lopez (Santiago, Chile) and Antonio Flores (Santiago, Chile).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock-absorbing element (1) for buckets (2) with door (4) of cable excavator shovels, comprising push cables (6) connected to the bucket (2) to controls its inclination, to cushion impacts of the bucket (2) on a boom (3) of the excavator shovel, improving the protection of the boom (3) and the push cables (6), wherein the shock-absorbing eleme...