Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dump body that includes a pivot assembly with externally accessible gussets
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Application No.: US16010562Application Date: 2018-06-18
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Publication No.: US10661695B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Samuel Judson William Arul
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity LLP
- Main IPC: B60P1/28
- IPC: B60P1/28

Abstract:
A pivot assembly is disclosed. The pivot assembly may include plates. The plates may be connected to cover plates associated with respective portions of a stringer that intersect the pivot assembly. The plates may be connected to a rib that interests the pivot assembly perpendicular to the respective portions of the stringer. The cover plates may be connected to the rib at a respective end of the cover plates. The pivot assembly may comprise a respective pivot bore in the plates. The pivot assembly may comprise respective doublers around the respective pivot bore. The respective doublers may include a first doubler located on an outside surface of a plate, of the plates, and a second doubler located on an inside surface of the plate. The pivot assembly may comprise gussets. The gussets may be connected to the second doubler, the plates, and a respective cover plate of the cover plates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190381925A1 DUMP BODY THAT INCLUDES A PIVOT ASSEMBLY WITH EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE GUSSETS Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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