Patent Issued for Towing hook (USPTO 11364752)

摘要

2022 JUL 15 (VerticalNews) – By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mining & Minerals – According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by VerticalNews journalists, a patent by the inventor Lietonen, Jani (Tampere, FI), filed on June 14, 2018, was published online on June 21, 2022. The assignee for this patent, patent number 11364752, is Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy (Tampere, Finland). Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “BACKGROUND ART “Towing hooks also known as retrieval hooks are commonly used on heavy machines, such as mining machines. These types of vehicles normally weigh 10 to 50 t. When the vehicle is in use it is controlled and driven either from an operator cabin located on the machine or in a separate cabin or platform or the similar in a place remote from the vehicle, i.e. remote controlled. When the machine comes to a standstill the brakes are normally activated by default.