Patents by Inventor Brett W. Engel

Brett W. Engel 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).

  • Method of installing a motor in a machine
    Patent number: 9376021
    Abstract: A method of installing a motor in a machine includes moving a tray coupled to a frame of the machine to a first position, securing the tray to the machine in the first position, placing the motor proximate to a first end of the tray, sliding the motor proximate to a second end of the tray, inserting at least two studs into apertures defined on the motor and corresponding mounting apertures defined in the frame, rotating a nut in a threaded engagement with a corresponding stud to raise the motor to an installed position, successively removing one of the studs from the aperture of the motor and the corresponding mounting aperture followed by inserting a mounting bolt therein. The method further includes moving the tray from the first position to a second position and securing the tray to the frame in the second position by one of the studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
    Inventors: Brett W. Engel, Sean P. Kelly
  • METHOD OF INSTALLING A MOTOR IN A MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140325811
    Abstract: A method of installing a motor in a machine includes moving a tray coupled to a frame of the machine to a first position, securing the tray to the machine in the first position, placing the motor proximate to a first end of the tray, sliding the motor proximate to a second end of the tray, inserting at least two studs into apertures defined on the motor and corresponding mounting apertures defined in the frame, rotating a nut in a threaded engagement with a corresponding stud to raise the motor to an installed position, successively removing one of the studs from the aperture of the motor and the corresponding mounting aperture followed by inserting a mounting bolt therein. The method further includes moving the tray from the first position to a second position and securing the tray to the frame in the second position by one of the studs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Brett W. Engel, Sean P. Kelly
  • Asphalt screed
    Patent number: D672790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Kopacz, Joseph P. Spree, Tobin D. Rasmusson, Tony P. Steinhagen, Joe A. Frerich, Brett W. Engel, Douglas W. Halverson
  • Asphalt screed
    Patent number: D673981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Kopacz, Joseph P. Spree, Tobin D. Rasmusson, Tony P. Steinhagen, Joe A. Frerich, Brett W. Engel, Douglas W. Halverson