Patents by Inventor Mark D. Veliz
Mark D. Veliz 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).
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Patent number: 11572114Abstract: A bushing for a track assembly includes a tubular bushing substrate having a longitudinal length and an outer surface. The outer surface includes at least one flat portion. The bushing also includes at least one white iron member. The at least one white iron member includes a flat inner surface, and the flat inner surface of the at least one white iron member is fixed to the flat portion of the outer surface of the tubular bushing substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Douglas Trent Weaver, Mark D. Veliz, Roger L. Recker
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Publication number: 20210284259Abstract: A bushing for a track assembly includes a tubular bushing substrate having a longitudinal length and an outer surface. The outer surface includes at least one flat portion. The bushing also includes at least one white iron member. The at least one white iron member includes a flat inner surface, and the flat inner surface of the at least one white iron member is fixed to the flat portion of the outer surface of the tubular bushing substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Douglas Trent WEAVER, Mark D. VELIZ, Roger L. RECKER
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Patent number: 10865466Abstract: A high temperature alloy is disclosed. The high temperature alloy may have on a weight basis: about 9.0-10.0 weight % of Co, about 0.25 weight % maximum of Fe, about 8.0-9.0 weight % of Cr, about 4.75-5.50 weight % of Al, about 1.0-1.5 weight % of Ti, about 0-2.0 weight % of Mo, about 6.0-9.0 weight %, of W, about 0.12-0.18 weight % of C, about 0.01-0.03 weight % of Zr, about 0.005-0.015 weight % of B, about 0.5-1.5 weight % of Ta, a balance of Ni, and incidental impurities.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Veliz, Caian Qiu, Thomas J. Yaniak
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Patent number: 10760455Abstract: A poppet valve has an elongated stem that is configured to extend along a longitudinal axis. The poppet valve further includes a valve body that is disposed laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis and located in a spaced apart relation with an end of the elongated stem. The valve body has a pair of opposing faces disposed co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem. The poppet valve also includes at least two arcuately shaped appendages depending downwardly from the end of the elongated stem and extending away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem. An end of each appendage is disposed in abutment with an annular region defined on one of the opposing faces of the valve body, a perimeter of the annular region being larger than a perimeter of the elongated stem measured about the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Veliz, Rong Qu, Arun Lal Gain, Walter Sherman Isenberg, Rui Yuan, Thierry Andre Marchione
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Publication number: 20200102629Abstract: A high temperature alloy is disclosed. The high temperature alloy may have on a weight basis: about 9.0-10.0 weight % of Co, about 0.25 weight % maximum of Fe, about 8.0-9.0 weight % of Cr, about 4.75-5.50 weight % of Al, about 1.0-1.5 weight % of Ti, about 0-2.0 weight % of Mo, about 6.0-9.0 weight %, of W, about 0.12-0.18 weight % of C, about 0.01-0.03 weight % of Zr, about 0.005-0.015 weight % of B, about 0.5-1.5 weight % of Ta, a balance of Ni, and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mark D. VELIZ, Caian QIU, Thomas J. YANIAK
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Patent number: 10533240Abstract: A high temperature alloy is disclosed. The high temperature alloy may have on a weight basis: about 9.0-10.0 weight % of Co, about 0.25 weight % maximum of Fe, about 8.0-9.0 weight % of Cr, about 4.75-5.50 weight % of Al, about 1.0-1.5 weight % of Ti, about 0-2.0 weight % of Mo, about 6.0-9.0 weight %, of W, about 0.12-0.18 weight % of C, about 0.01-0.03 weight % of Zr, about 0.005-0.015 weight % of B, about 0.5-1.5 weight % of Ta, a balance of Ni, and incidental impurities.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Veliz, Caian Qiu, Thomas J. Yaniak
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Publication number: 20180179614Abstract: A high temperature alloy is disclosed. The high temperature alloy may have on a weight basis: about 9.0-10.0 weight % of Co, about 0.25 weight % maximum of Fe, about 8.0-9.0 weight % of Cr, about 4.75-5.50 weight % of Al, about 1.0-1.5 weight % of Ti, about 0-2.0 weight % of Mo, about 6.0-9.0 weight %, of W, about 0.12-0.18 weight % of C, about 0.01-0.03 weight % of Zr, about 0.005-0.015 weight % of B, about 0.5-1.5 weight % of Ta, a balance of Ni, and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Veliz, Caian Qiu, Thomas J. Yaniak
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Publication number: 20180171837Abstract: A poppet valve has an elongated stem that is configured to extend along a longitudinal axis. The poppet valve further includes a valve body that is disposed laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis and located in a spaced apart relation with an end of the elongated stem. The valve body has a pair of opposing faces disposed co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem. The poppet valve also includes at least two arcuately shaped appendages depending downwardly from the end of the elongated stem and extending away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem. An end of each appendage is disposed in abutment with an annular region defined on one of the opposing faces of the valve body, a perimeter of the annular region being larger than a perimeter of the elongated stem measured about the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Veliz, Rong Qu, Arun Lai Gain, Walter Sherman Isenberg, Rui YUan, Thierry Andre Marchione
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Patent number: 9975208Abstract: An alloy for cladding cast iron is disclosed. The alloy may include on a weight basis, about 6.2% to about 9.3% of chromium (Cr), about 3.0% to about 4.5% of iron (Fe), about 1.4% to about 2.15% of silicon (Si), about 0.5% to about 0.8% of boron (B), about 0.1% of carbon (C), and a balance of nickel (Ni) and incidental impurities.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Tomasz J. Chojnacki, Deven John Efta, Mark D. Veliz
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Patent number: 9463533Abstract: A method of salvaging a used, damaged turbocharger compressor housing involving the steps of machining the damaged interior surface of the housing, grit blasting the machined surface, building up the machined surface with coating material, and final machining the interior surface to its original specifications. The method includes holding the compressor housing by key datums during the machining steps.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Gregory S. Cornelius, Gerald T. Otten, Jr., Mark D. Veliz, Karen Renee Raab, David Alejandro Chairez Briones, Luis Alonso Lugo Aviles, Rathnam Venkatesh Basam
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Publication number: 20140345557Abstract: A valve for use in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The valve includes a stem connected to a fillet disposed between the stem and a seat face. A port receives the stem and accommodates a seat insert that engages the seat face when the valve is in a closed position. The seat insert is fabricated from a non-cobalt-based alloy or an iron-based alloy and the seat face is coated with a cobalt-based alloy or a nickel-based alloy. The coating may be applied using a thermal spray process, such as HVOF.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Mark D. Veliz, Daniel J. Sordelet, Ondrej Racek, M. Brad Beardsley
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Publication number: 20140056699Abstract: A method of salvaging a used, damaged turbocharger compressor housing involving the steps of machining the damaged interior surface of the housing, grit blasting the machined surface, building up the machined surface with coating material, and final machining the interior surface to its original specifications. The method includes holding the compressor housing by key datums during the machining steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.Inventors: Gregory S. Cornelius, Gerald T. Otten, JR., Mark D. Veliz, Karen Renee Raab, David Alejandro Chairez Briones, Luis Alonso Lugo Aviles, Rathnam Venkatesh Basam
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Publication number: 20110229665Abstract: A method for coating a component of a track roller frame track tensioning and recoil system is disclosed. The method includes irradiating a surface of the component with a continuous laser to heat the component's surface. The method also includes coating the surface of the component with a thermal spray coating after irradiating.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: M. Brad Beardsley, Mark D. Veliz, Ondrej Racek
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Publication number: 20100146948Abstract: An engine exhaust treatment system. The treatment system includes and a reductant injector adapted to deliver a reductant composition into an exhaust stream moving along an exhaust flow path. A selective catalytic reduction device is disposed downstream from the reductant injector. The selective catalytic reduction device is adapted to reduce an amount of NOx in exhaust gases produced by an engine by reaction of the NOx with ammonia. A basic and/or amphoteric oxide contact surface is disposed along the exhaust flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Herbert DaCosta, Mark D. Veliz, Cho Y. Liang, Jinhui Sun, Timothy Gimbert, Matthew Leustek
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Publication number: 20100080982Abstract: A method for coating an element is disclosed. The method includes irradiating a surface of the element with a continuous laser to heat the element. The method also includes coating the surface of the element with a thermal spray coating after irradiating.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Ondrej Racek, M. Brad Beardsley, Mark D. Veliz
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Publication number: 20100055479Abstract: A method for coating a combustion chamber defining component is disclosed. The method includes applying a thermally conductive layer to a surface of the combustion chamber defining component, the thermally conductive layer having a thermal conductivity greater than the combustion chamber defining component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: M. Brad Beardsley, Mark D. Veliz