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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Doug Serrurier, Peoria, IL (US);
Mihai Mircea Balan, Dunlap, IL (US);
Scott Anthony Schick, Morton, IL (US);
Eric Thomas Sinn, East Peoria, IL (US);
Jason Grant Jura, Peoria, IL (US);
Arun Venugopal, Chennai, IN;
Kadirvel Muthusamy, Chennai, IN;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A retainer sleeve configured for use in a retainer system for a ground engaging tool includes a plurality of plate-like sections, each section being flexibly joined with an adjacent section along either a radially inner edge or a portion of a radially outer edge. The radially inner edges of the plurality of sections form part of a segmented inner surface configured for engagement with an outer surface of a locking member of the retainer system. The inner surface extends partially around a central axis of the retainer sleeve to form a substantially C-shaped retainer sleeve having opposite circumferential ends that are spaced from each other. The radially outer edges of the plurality of sections form part of a segmented, frustoconical outer surface configured for engagement in an internal lock cavity of a ground engaging tool tip.