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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Lee Steiner, Tremont, IL (US);
Timothy Arthur Thorson, Morton, IL (US);
Caroline Marie Brewer, Peoria, IL (US);
Mark Steven Diekevers, Germantown Hills, IL (US);
Temitope Olayemi Akinlua, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/00 (2006.01); B62D 55/092 (2006.01); B62D 55/21 (2006.01); B62D 55/088 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/092 (2013.01); B62D 55/0887 (2013.01); B62D 55/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thrust ring comprises a body including a cylindrical outer surface, a cylindrical inner surface, defining a central axis, an axial direction, a circumferential direction, a first axial end, a second axial end, and at least one recess on the first axial end, and at least one protrusion extending from the cylindrical inner surface toward the central axis.