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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2021
Caterpillar Work Tools B.v., s-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Patrick Grant, Tilburg, NL;
Caterpillar Work Tools B.V., s-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Abstract
A method of retrofitting an excavator to add a tiltrotator can include installing a tiltrotator on a stick and a bucket of the excavator, where the tiltrotator can include a tiltrotator wiring connector. An existing external machine connector can be disconnected from a first connector block on an outside cabin wall of the excavator. A first external connector of a first external branch of an external wiring harness can be connected to the first connector block on the outside of the cabin wall. A second external connector of a second external branch of the external wiring harness can be connected to an external machine connector of the excavator, where the second external branch can be connected to the first external branch. A third external connector of a third external branch of the external wiring harness can be connected to the tiltrotator wiring connector.