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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Thomas Ellmann, Groveland, IL (US);
Brian Konrad Loeffler, Germantown Hills, IL (US);
Jacob John Pitman, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A track joint assembly may include a first track shoe including at least one forward pin lug, a second track shoe including at least one back pin lug, a pin extending through a pin bore coupling the first track shoe to the second track shoe, a retainer plate positioned within the pin bore and including an interior surface adjacent the pin, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and a recess extending at least partially along an outer circumferential edge of the exterior surface, a stop ring positioned within a stop groove formed in an inner circumferential surface of the pin bore, the stop ring positioned adjacent the exterior surface of the retainer and extending radially inward from the inner circumferential surface such that the stop ring blocks the retainer plate from withdrawing from the pin bore.