Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic wear life sensing of ground engaging tools
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Application No.: US16456415Application Date: 2019-06-28
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Publication No.: US10578590B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: John Michael Plouzek
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Hibshman Claim Construction PLLC
- Main IPC: G01N29/44
- IPC: G01N29/44 ; E02F9/28 ; G01N29/24 ; G01N29/07 ; G01N29/22 ; G01N17/04 ; G01N17/00

Abstract:
A ground engaging member that engages a work material to dig into the work material includes a member body extending from a leading end to a trailing end, the member body having an internal surface defining a cavity therein, the cavity having a concavity that faces away from the leading end along a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction extending from the leading end to the trailing end; and a first wear sensing body embedded in the member body between the cavity and the leading end along the longitudinal direction. The member body is fabricated from a ground engaging tool (GET) body material having a GET body material density. The first wear sensing body is fabricated from a wear sensing body material having a wear sensing body material density that is not equal to the GET body material density.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190317052A1 Ultrasonic Wear Life Sensing of Ground Engaging Tools Public/Granted day:2019-10-17
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