Patents by Inventor Ryan S. Hutar

Ryan S. Hutar 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).

  • Milling machine with drum bearing assembly
    Patent number: 11585053
    Abstract: A mobile milling machine includes a cutting rotor disposed along a rotor drum delineating a drum rotation axis and accommodated in a rotor chamber delineated by chamber enclosure. To rotatably support the rotor drum with respect to the chamber enclosure, the rotor drum can include a bearing end and the chamber enclosure can include a bearing bore that are adapted to form a drum bearing assembly. The drum bearing assembly may include a bearing hub and a bushing configured to make a sliding frictional contact along complementary taper surfaces. The floating bushing may be floatingly retained in a chamber door of the chamber enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan S. Hutar, Craig T. Hedstrom, Nicholas B. Johnson