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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bennett W Avery, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
91490 ; 91492 ;
Abstract
A drive apparatus for a rotary output member of a vehicle or the like includes a pair of orbiting members having outwardly-projecting teeth which engage with inwardly-projecting teeth of an output member. Hydraulically-actuated piston and cylinder means provide orbiting of the orbiting members to in turn rotate the rotary output member.