Oshkosh Corporation

Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc.

Bradley Gayle Ethington

Kelvin C Aus

Kelvin G Aus

Shahid Qureshi

A crane assembly includes a main body, a boom, a hoist, a sheave, a hook assembly including a hook, a cable, and a projection. The boom extends from the main body and includes a tubular main section and a tubular extension section telescopically nested within the tubular main section. The boom has a first end pivotally coupled to the main body. The hoist is coupled to at least one of the first end of the boom and the main body. The sheave is disposed at an opposing second end of the boom opposite to the main body. The cable extends from the hoist, along the length of the boom, over the sheave, and downward to the hook assembly. The projection extends outward from the boom and toward the main body.

Crane assembly

A crane assembly includes a main body, a boom extending from the main body, a cable, and a hook coupled to an end of the boom opposite to the main body by the cable, where the crane assembly is configured for lifting items via the hook. The crane assembly further includes a projection extending outward from the boom and curving toward the main body. The projection is configured to receive the hook over an end of the projection such that tension in the cable maintains the hook in place on the projection. Gravity is sufficient to release the hook from the projection when the boom is raised and the tension in the cable is released.

A crane mounting system to be used for mounting a crane onto a truck frame utilizes at least two shear plates with an L-shape profile. One part of each shear plate is interposed between a respective frame rail of the truck chassis and a respective end of a transverse mounting bar, while the orthogonal part of each shear plate is welded, at least partially, to the outer side of the respective frame rail. Interior holes on the transverse bars are threaded to accept inner tie down bolts while outer holes are drilled through to accept tie down studs. The shear plate acts as a wear plate/surface as the crane base sits on the transverse bars that in turn nests on the bent plate rather than directly on the chassis frame rail.

Shear plate mounting system

A tool for use in installing the bead seat band (,) and rim flange (,) of a multiple piece wheel as part of a tire changing or servicing operation that includes a tool body (,) having a corner with a first elongated surface (,) at the corner adapted to engage a rim flange (,) and a bead seat band (,) in an axial direction. The tool includes a second elongated surface (,) at the corner adjacent the first surface (,) at an acute angle to the first surface and adapted to engage the rim flange (,) in an axial direction at a location spaced from the intended point of engagement of the ring flange (,) by the first surface (,). The first and second surfaces (,), (,) define a notch (,) opening away from the body (,) and a tool mounting fixture (,) is connected to the body (,) generally opposite the notch (,).

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Rudd, IA, United States of America

Bradley Gayle Ethington