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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Gopalakrishnan Kanniappan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Kadirvel Muthusamy, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Venkatesh Madeshi, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Gregory Seljestad, War, KS (US);
Anuop Udayakumar, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Ashok Rajendran, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A wear plate assembly for a ground engaging system. The wear plate assembly includes a wear plate, a connection plate, and a lock cavity. The wear plate has a back surface and a front surface spaced from the back surface along a first direction. The connection plate extends from the front surface at least partially in the first direction. The connection plate has an inner surface and an outer surface spaced from the inner surface along a second direction. The lock cavity is formed by the connection plate. The lock cavity extends from a first opening that opens to the inner surface to a second opening that opens to the outer surface. The first opening has a first diameter and the second opening has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter.