ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,653, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Boom assembly" was invented by Mark G. Neubauer (Williamsport, Md.), Gary L. Myers (Greencastle, Pa.) and Wenton S. Miller (Falling Waters, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one embodiment relates to a lift device including a chassis, a series of tractive elements coupled to the chassis, an implement, and a boom coupling the implement to the chassis. The boom includes (a) a first shell including a first sidewall and a first transition coupling a first set of flanges to the sidewall and (b) a second shell including a second sidewall and a second transi...