Patents by Inventor Christopher Ryan Beasley

Christopher Ryan Beasley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10400423
    Abstract: A radiator guard may include a front plate, a top plate, spaced side plates, gussets and yoke assemblies. The front plate may have a varied profile such that a first lateral width proximate a top of the front plate is greater than a second lateral width proximate a bottom of the front plate. The top plate may be angled relative to the front plate and the side plates may be fixed near the lateral sides of the front plate such that portions of the front plate proximate the top of the front plate extend laterally outwardly from the side plates. The gussets may be disposed on the rear surface of the face plate at these laterally extending portions and the yoke assemblies may be disposed on the front surface of these portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Beasley, Kelly Ann Scholz, Eric M. Prater, Vuong Duc Ngo
  • Patent number: 8528671
    Abstract: A track type machine includes an integrated track adjustment/recoil system unit cantilever mounted in a track roller frame, and operable to resist movement of the idler along a recoil line. The integrated track adjustment/recoil system unit includes track adjust cylinder that is attached to a gas cylinder by a joining component that has two sets of identical external threads mated to the track adjust cylinder and the gas cylinder respectively. A track adjust piston is partially received in the track adjust cylinder, and a recoil piston is positioned in the gas cylinder. The recoil piston and the gas cylinder define a gas volume. The recoil piston, the gas cylinder, the joining component, the track adjust cylinder and the track adjust piston define a grease volume. Track tensioning is adjusted by adjusting the amount of grease in the grease volume, and the recoil action is adjusted by setting the gas pressure in the gas volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Beasley, Joshua Louis Nuechterlein
  • Publication number: 20120103704
    Abstract: A track type machine includes an integrated track adjustment/recoil system unit cantilever mounted in a track roller frame, and operable to resist movement of the idler along a recoil line. The integrated track adjustment/recoil system unit includes track adjust cylinder that is attached to a gas cylinder by a joining component that has two sets of identical external threads mated to the track adjust cylinder and the gas cylinder respectively. A track adjust piston is partially received in the track adjust cylinder, and a recoil piston is positioned in the gas cylinder. The recoil piston and the gas cylinder define a gas volume. The recoil piston, the gas cylinder, the joining component, the track adjust cylinder and the track adjust piston define a grease volume. Track tensioning is adjusted by adjusting the amount of grease in the grease volume, and the recoil action is adjusted by setting the gas pressure in the gas volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Beasley, Joshua Louis Nuechterlein
  • Patent number: D883876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Beasley, Kelly Ann Scholz