Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lock for ground engaging tool
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Application No.: US16162726Application Date: 2018-10-17
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Publication No.: US11035103B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Nathan Richard Bjerke , Thomas M. Congdon , Edward Harry Betts, Jr.
- Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC.
- Current Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: E02F9/28
- IPC: E02F9/28

Abstract:
A lock for a ground engaging tool may have a first diameter body portion, a neck portion extending from the body portion along a rotational axis of the lock and having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a head portion extending from the neck portion along the rotational axis. The head portion may have first and second generally planar end surfaces extending from a bottom surface to a top surface, and first and second cam surfaces, which connect the end surfaces and each include a convex portion and a concave portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190048562A1 LOCK FOR GROUND ENGAGING TOOL Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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