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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. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Gregory J. Kaufmann, Metamora, IL (US);
Eric James Johannsen, Washington, IL (US);
Mircea Dumitru, Washington, IL (US);
Timothy Thorson, Morton, IL (US);
Matthew Trone, Pekin, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A construction machine includes a chassis, at least one continuous track supporting the chassis, at least one rim operatively associated with the continuous track, a shaft rotatably associated with the rim, and a collar operatively associated with the shaft and a guard plate. The collar has a variably angled face interfacing with the rim, and a labyrinth is formed between the collar and the rim via the variably angled face.
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