ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,463, issued on May 5, was assigned to Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy (Tampere, Finland).

"Hydraulic cylinder mounting arrangement" was invented by Jani Lietonen (Svedala, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mining vehicle and a cylinder mounting arrangement for a mining vehicle have a frame including at least one hydraulic cylinder mounted to the frame. The cylinder has a cylinder pin arranged for the mounting. The frame has an opening through which the cylinder can be inserted inside the frame and also removed. A mounting element is assembled to one end of the cylinder and the mounting element includes a front plate assembled ...