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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry Lee Petzold, Kiel, WI (US);
Assignee:
Hanitowoc Crane Group, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180-91 ; 212175 ;
Abstract
A connection for connecting a crawler to a carbody of a crane vehicle. The connection employs a vertical pin and a horizontal pin to carry the various forces present during the operation of a crane. The vertical pin allows for the crawler and carbody to be connected or disconnected by pivoting the crawler about the vertical pin.