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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Dinesh Sivakumar, Neyveli, IN;
Regini Selvapalace Ehuraj, Chennai, IN;
Steven J. Fujan, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Scott M Shaffer, Tucson, AZ (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An axle, for a mining machine, includes one or more segments, each defining a first wall portion, a second wall portion disposed opposite to the first wall portion, a third wall portion, and a fourth wall portion. The third wall portion extends between the first and the second wall portions to meet the first wall portion at a first corner portion and the second wall portion at a second corner portion. The fourth wall portion extends between the first and the second wall portions to meet the first wall portion at a third corner portion and the second wall portion at a fourth corner portion. The second thickness of the second corner portion and the third thickness of the third corner portion are greater than each of the first thickness of the first corner portion and the fourth thickness of the fourth corner portion.