Patents by Inventor Dan J. Becker
Dan J. Becker 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).
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Patent number: 9016118Abstract: A mounting structure for an electrical device includes a mounting portion and a containing portion. The mounting portion has a mounting surface and an outer surface. The containing portion has an inner surface with protrusions forming an indent, an outer surface, an insertion aperture, and a flow aperture.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Gene A. Townsend, Dan J. Becker
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Patent number: 8622644Abstract: A seal assembly and method of forming a seal assembly provides a seal body having reduced strain during use, thereby increasing service life. The seal body may be formed within certain parameters, such as ranges of height-to-thickness and offset-to-height ratios, which have been found to reduce strain. Additionally or alternatively, the seal body may be modified from an initial configuration to a pre-strained configuration by axially displacing an inner section of the seal with respect to an outer section of the seal, which also reduces strain.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Ross Paul Wietharn
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Patent number: 8517086Abstract: A heat exchanger having a tube bundle disposed within a housing with a resilient end structure disposed in compressed, plug-forming relation at least partially across the heat exchanging cavity. The resilient end structure includes one or more boundary segments extending between an internal wall of the housing and the perimeter of the tube bundle. The boundary segment includes a combination of materials having differing compression characteristics providing enhanced support to the boundary segments.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Sunil I. Mathew, Dan J. Becker, Thomas J. Grabenstetter, Daniel A. Piterski, William E. Donovan, Stephen M. Bertrand
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Publication number: 20130043719Abstract: An elastomeric bearing can be incorporated into a bearing joint assembly of an undercarriage of a track-type machine. The elastomeric bearing can include a plurality of alternating elastomeric layers and metal plies that are configured to allow at least three degrees of relative rotational movement and can allow the relative rotation of roll, pitch, and yaw. The elastomeric bearing can be generally cylindrical with the elastomeric layers and metal plies being generally barrel-shaped such that the cross-section of the elastomeric layers and metal plies define an annular arc that follows an axis of revolution that coincides with a central longitudinal axis thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Ross P. Wietharn, Dan J. Becker, Elavumkal Jacob
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Publication number: 20130045040Abstract: An elastomeric bushing can be incorporated into a pin joint assembly of a machine. The elastomeric bushing can be configured to allow at least three degrees of relative rotational movement, including roll, pitch, and yaw. The elastomeric bushing can rotate with respect to a pin about a longitudinal axis thereof. The elastomeric bushing is adapted to accommodate out-of-plane movement. The elastomeric bushing can include a plurality of alternating elastomeric layers and metal plies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Ronald Mark Ginn, Dan J. Becker, Sunil I. Mathew, David G. Kupper
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Publication number: 20120160409Abstract: A mounting structure for an electrical device includes a mounting portion and a containing portion. The mounting portion has a mounting surface and an outer surface. The containing portion has an inner surface with protrusions forming an indent, an outer surface, an insertion aperture, and a flow aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Gene A. Townsend, Dan J. Becker
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Publication number: 20110293360Abstract: A seal assembly and method of forming a seal assembly provides a seal body having reduced strain during use, thereby increasing service life. The seal body may be formed within certain parameters, such as ranges of height-to-thickness and offset-to-height ratios, which have been found to reduce strain. Additionally or alternatively, the seal body may be modified from an initial configuration to a pre-strained configuration by axially displacing an inner section of the seal with respect to an outer section of the seal, which also reduces strain.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Ross Paul Wietharn
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Publication number: 20090218081Abstract: A heat exchanger having a tube bundle disposed within a housing with a resilient end structure disposed in compressed, plug-forming relation at least partially across the heat exchanging cavity. The resilient end structure includes one or more boundary segments extending between an internal wall of the housing and the perimeter of the tube bundle. The boundary segment includes a combination of materials having differing compression characteristics providing enhanced support to the boundary segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Sunil I. Mathew, Dan J. Becker, Thomas J. Grabenstetter, Daniel A. Piterski, William E. Donovan, Stephen M. Bertrand
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Patent number: 7174936Abstract: A work machine tire includes an annular body of elastomeric material that includes a middle radial region. A plurality of unpressurized cavities are defined by the middle radial region and are distributed in a pattern that includes a first radial band of cavities and a second radial band of cavities. Each cavity of the first radial band of cavities is oriented at a positive angle with respect to a radius therethrough, and each cavity of the second radial band of cavities is oriented at a negative angle with respect to a radius therethrough. A material volume of the middle radial region is more than one and a half times greater than the combined void volume of the plurality of cavities.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Caterpillar IncInventors: Dan J. Becker, Sunil I. Mathew, Eugene Y. Grinberg
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Patent number: 6267459Abstract: Endless track laying work machines are provided with a pair of track roller assemblies positioned on opposite sides of the work machine. Each track roller assembly includes an endless rubber belt entrained around a drive wheel, an idler wheel, and a plurality of supporting mid-rollers. An automatic belt alignment system is utilized to align the endless rubber belt during operation of the endless track laying work machine (10). The automatic belt alignment system also provides connection of the idler wheel assembly to a tensioning system and to the forwardly extending nose portion of a track roller frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1999Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Daniel M. Keehner
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Patent number: 5913374Abstract: An undercarriage assembly of a track-type work machine includes a drive wheel, an idler wheel, and a plurality of track supporting rollers. The assembly also includes a track belt which contacts the drive wheel, the idler wheel, and each of the plurality of track supporting rollers. The plurality of track supporting rollers includes a first left roller group, a second left roller group, a middle roller group, a first right roller group, and a second right roller group. The plurality of track supporting rollers cooperate with the track belt in order to reduce the number of vibrations and shocks during operation of the track-type work machine.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1997Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Craig R. Gustin
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Patent number: D507522Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Eugene Y. Grinberg, Sunil I. Mathew
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Patent number: D536298Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Caterpillar IncInventors: Dan J. Becker, Sunil I. Mathew, Dave McKeever, Brook Plavec, Ross P. Wietharn
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Patent number: D548681Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Caterpillar IncInventors: Dan J. Becker, Brook Plavec, Sunil I. Mathew, Ross P. Wietharn, Dave McKeever