Patents by Inventor Andrew Drager

Andrew Drager 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).

  • Wear assembly for an excavator bucket
    Patent number: 9091042
    Abstract: A wear assembly for an excavator bucket comprises a cast lip, a lower wing shroud and a retaining member. The cast lip includes two upstanding wing plates. Each wing plate has a wing face on a side of the wing plate and a plate retaining formation formed on the wing face. The plate retaining formation has a plate retaining face. The wing shroud is mounted to the wing plate. The wing shroud includes a shroud retaining formation having a shroud retaining face. The retaining member includes a first bearing formation having a first face opposing and engaging the shroud retaining face, and a second bearing formation having a second face opposing and engaging the plate retaining face. The retaining member has a longitudinal axis extending between the first bearing formation and the second bearing formation. The longitudinal axis is located in a plane substantially parallel to the wing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: CQMS Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Miguel Guimaraes, Paul Heaphy, Andrew Drager, Ben Plant, Martial Vicq, Gérard Weber
  • WEAR ASSEMBLY FOR AN EXCAVATOR BUCKET
    Publication number: 20130008062
    Abstract: A wear assembly for an excavator bucket comprises a cast lip, a lower wing shroud and a retaining member. The cast lip includes two upstanding wing plates. Each wing plate has a wing face on a side of the wing plate and a plate retaining formation formed on the wing face. The plate retaining formation has a plate retaining face. The wing shroud is mounted to the wing plate. The wing shroud includes a shroud retaining formation having a shroud retaining face. The retaining member includes a first bearing formation having a first face opposing and engaging the shroud retaining face, and a second bearing formation having a second face opposing and engaging the plate retaining face. The retaining member has a longitudinal axis extending between the first bearing formation and the second bearing formation. The longitudinal axis is located in a plane substantially parallel to the wing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: CQMS Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Miguel Guimaraes, Paul Heaphy, Andrew Drager, Ben Plant, Martial Vicq, Gérard Weber
  • Excavator lip
    Patent number: D631490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: CQMS Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Drager, Miguel Guimaraes, Paul Heaphy, Martial Vicq, Gérard Weber