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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. 20, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Trent Steven Kucher, Peoria, IL (US);
Karen Renee Raab, Peoria, IL (US);
Xiangyang Jiang, Dunlap, IL (US);
Inventors:
Trent Steven Kucher, Peoria, IL (US);
Karen Renee Raab, Peoria, IL (US);
Xiangyang Jiang, Dunlap, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 25/26 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cylinder rod with wear-resistant surface markings is provided. The cylinder rod may include a rod substrate, a thermal-spray coating disposed on a surface of the substrate, and one or more surface markings disposed on the coating at predetermined locations along the length of the cylinder rod.