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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2022
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
David Bruno Parzynski, Jr., Peoria, IL (US);
Thomas Marshall Congdon, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A blade assembly may include an adapter board. The adapter board may include an upper moldboard interfacing portion including a rear surface, a front surface, and a series of thru-apertures extending from the front surface to the rear surface, each of the series of thru-apertures including a top ramped portion extending rearwardly from the front surface and terminating short of the rear surface. The adapter board may include a lower tool bit attachment portion, terminating in a lower adapter board free end with a bottom surface, and including a top surface disposed adjacent the rear surface of the upper moldboard interfacing portion, also defining a series of thru-holes extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, each of the series of thru-holes being in communication with each of the series of thru-apertures. The adapter board may include a plurality of bushings disposed in the series of thru-holes.