Caterpillar Inc.

Madhukar Maguluru

Douglas C Serrurier

Thomas Marshall Congdon

Nick William Biggs

A wear component for a ground engaging tool includes a mounting portion having a first surface, a second surface, and a thickness between the first surface and the second surface. The mounting portion is connectable to a mounting assembly of the ground engaging tool. The wear component also includes at least one wear portion connected to the mounting portion and forming at least one ground engaging edge. The at least one wear portion has at least one first surface including at least one groove extending from the at least one ground engaging edge toward the mounting portion, at least one second surface, and at least one thickness between the at least one first surface and the at least one second surface. A maximum of the at least one thickness of the at least one wear portion is larger than a maximum of the thickness of the mounting portion.

Wear component for ground engaging tool

A side shroud may have an elongated body configured to straddle an edge of the work implement, and a mounting portion extending from a side of the elongated body. The mounting portion may include a back defining an opening, a first side connected to the back, and a second side connected to the back opposite the first side. The mounting portion may also include at least one tab extending inwardly from the back of the mounting portion at a location adjacent the opening and between the first and second sides. The at least one tab may be configured to removably couple the shroud to a mounting base attached to the work implement.

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Madhukar Maguluru