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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2021
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Dayton, MN (US);
Craig Thomas Hedstrom, Mounds View, MN (US);
Ryan Steve Hutar, Plymouth, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for transferring torque from a driveshaft to a milling drum mountable on the driveshaft. The system includes a first coupler removably coupled to the driveshaft to co-rotate with the driveshaft. The first coupler defines an engagement surface. Also, the system includes a second coupler removably coupled to the milling drum. The second coupler defines a mating surface engageable with the engagement surface of the first coupler to engage the second coupler to the first coupler and transfer torque from the driveshaft to the milling drum.