Patents by Inventor Craig A. Callewaert

Craig A. Callewaert 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: 6241455
    Abstract: An earth-moving machine includes a coupling releasably joining a bucket to an end of a dipper stick. The coupling includes a hook pivotably coupled to the dipper stick about a first axis and configured to engage a pin secured to the bucket. The coupling further includes a pair of pins coaxially disposed along the axis and movable between an extended position in which the pins are received within a pair of spaced openings on the bucket to join the bucket to the dipper stick and a retracted position in which the pins are removed from the openings. The pins are actuated between the extended position and the retracted position by an actuator disposed along the axis between the pins. The actuator preferably includes a cylinder, first and second pistons disposed within the cylinder and coupled to the first and second pins, respectively, and at least one source of hydraulic pressure fluidly coupled to the cylinder to pressurize the cylinder and to move the first and second pistons and the first and second pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Case Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Larry Schupback, Craig A. Callewaert