Caterpillar Inc.

Sivakumar Ramanathan

Kurt Steven Goslovich

Rameshkrishnan Lakshminarayanan

An actuator for a machine includes a cylinder barrel and a piston arrangement received within the cylinder barrel. The actuator further includes a first cylinder received within the cylinder barrel and a first member coupled to the first cylinder at a first cylinder end of the first cylinder. The actuator also includes a second cylinder received within the first cylinder and a second member coupled to the second cylinder at a second cylinder end of the second cylinder. The actuator includes a third cylinder received within the first cylinder and a third member coupled to the third cylinder at a third cylinder end of the third cylinder. At least one of the first member, the second member, and the third member is threadedly coupled to the first cylinder, the second cylinder, and the third cylinder, respectively.

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Chennai, India

Sivakumar Ramanathan