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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:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R. Hinton, Mt. Zion, IL (US);
Keith A. Kabrick, Springfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/704 ;
Abstract
A wheel and final drive assembly for a work machine, such as a mining truck, having a driven rotatable wheel having inboard and outboard rims mounted thereto. The final drive assembly including a first and a second reduction gear assembly. A ring gear adapter having an inboard end, an outboard end, and an inner surface, a plurality of teeth disposed about the inner surface and interacting with a plurality of planetary gears of the first and second gear reduction assemblies and the inboard end of the ring gear adapter removably coupled to the outboard flange of the wheel.