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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Jeff A. Jensen, Dunlap, IL (US);
Christopher Robert Wanasek, Norway, WI (US);
Carl Delbert Gilmore, South Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey Ryan Asman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Randy Tyler Ross, Peoria, IL (US);
James Leigh Gill, New Berlin, WI (US);
Joseph Jeffery Every, Peoria, IL (US);
Joseph Anthony Rapp, Vail, AZ (US);
Brian F. Weber, Tucson, AZ (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for making a suspension cable to a desired length is provided. The method includes providing an initial pin hole on a tab of a socket associated with the cable. The method includes stretching the cable to a desired percentage of a rated breaking strength of the cable. The method includes measuring a length of the cable. The method includes determining a position of a final pin hole to be formed on the tab based on the measured length of the cable and a predefined tolerance. The method includes creating the final pin hole at the determined position.