Patents by Inventor Charles W. Carr, Jr.

Charles W. Carr, Jr. 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: 5988013
    Abstract: In the operation of construction machines having multiple functions it has been a problem to provide a mounting arrangement for the levers that incorporates low lever effort operational detents without experiencing undue wear within the components. The present invention provides a mounting arrangement for a control lever that has a plurality of upraised ribs defined thereon in a preselected array. A plurality of grooves are positioned on an adjacent bearing member that are positioned to engage the upraised ribs in a first condition of the control lever. The control lever may be rotated out of engagement with the ribs to operate in a second condition while at the same time being engageable with a plurality of operational detents to provided feedback to an operator as to impending operational conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Carr, Jr., Max D. Fryrear, Derek D. Greving, Mary A. Kuhn