Patents by Inventor Craig Dale GOEPPINGER

Craig Dale GOEPPINGER 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).

  • Machine suspension system having link oscillation limiter
    Patent number: 9677638
    Abstract: A suspension system is disclosed for use with a mobile machine. The suspension system may have a link with a first eye formed at a first end and a second eye formed at a second end, and a bearing disposed within each of the first eye and the second eye. The suspension system may also have a pin configured to pass through the first eye and the first hearing, and an oscillation limiter disposed on the pin adjacent the link. The oscillation limiter may he ring-shaped and split at a first side, and have a flex portion at a second side that allows the oscillation limiter to flex open and be installed on the pin from an annular side of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Ray Fratini, Ryan Wendell Shorthose, Craig Dale Goeppinger
  • MACHINE SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAVING LINK OSCILLATION LIMITER
    Publication number: 20160176257
    Abstract: A suspension system is disclosed for use with a mobile machine. The suspension system may have a link with a first eye formed at a first end and a second eye formed at a second end, and a bearing disposed within each of the first eye and the second eye. The suspension system may also have a pin configured to pass through the first eye and the first hearing, and an oscillation limiter disposed on the pin adjacent the link. The oscillation limiter may he ring-shaped and split at a first side, and have a flex portion at a second side that allows the oscillation limiter to flex open and be installed on the in from an annular side of the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Ray FRATINI, Ryan Wendell SHORTHOSE, Craig Dale GOEPPINGER