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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventors:
Daniel R. Hettinger, Monticello, IL (US);
Varun Sampath Kumar, Chennai, IN;
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/28 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/283 (2013.01); F16C 11/04 (2013.01); F16C 2326/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dumper body is disclosed. The dumper body may include a pivot assembly. The dumper body may include at least one of: a set of ribs, wherein the set of ribs is connected to the pivot assembly such that the set of ribs is comprised of multiple respective discontinuous structures, and a set of stringers, wherein the set of stringers includes a respective stringer cut-out around an outside surface of a bed plate of the dumper body at a point where a top plate of the dumper body connects to an inside surface of the bed plate.