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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:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald H Sherman, Morton, IL (US);
Michael C Long, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29888061 ; 2988802 ; 91499 ; 164 98 ;
Abstract
A cylinder barrel includes a casting having a plurality of ceramic bore liners cast in situ within the casting. The cylinder barrel is made by positioning the ceramic bore liners at predetermined locations within a casting mold and pouring a molten ferrous metal into the mold so as to envelope the bore liners.