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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2021
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Ryan Hutar, Plymouth, MN (US);
Craig T. Hedstrom, Mounds View, MN (US);
Nicholas B. Johnson, Dayton, MN (US);
Eric S. Engelmann, Delano, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A milling rotor of a milling machine can include a drum, cutting teeth, and a centering ring. The drum can extend along a longitudinal axis and can define an inner surface and an opposing outer surface. The drum can be securable to a drive assembly of the milling machine to allow the drum to rotate therewith. The cutting teeth can be connected to the outer surface of the drum and can be configured to engage pavement. The centering ring can be connected to the inner surface of the drum and can include a centering interface and an alignment interface. The centering interface can extend radially inward and can be engageable with a centering flange of the drive assembly to center the milling rotor with respect to the drive assembly. The alignment interface can be adjacent the centering interface and can extend radially inward of the centering interface.