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).

  • Patent number: 9016118
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Gene A. Townsend, Dan J. Becker
  • Patent number: 8622644
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Ross Paul Wietharn
  • Patent number: 8517086
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil I. Mathew, Dan J. Becker, Thomas J. Grabenstetter, Daniel A. Piterski, William E. Donovan, Stephen M. Bertrand
  • Publication number: 20130043719
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ross P. Wietharn, Dan J. Becker, Elavumkal Jacob
  • Publication number: 20130045040
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Mark Ginn, Dan J. Becker, Sunil I. Mathew, David G. Kupper
  • Publication number: 20120160409
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Gene A. Townsend, Dan J. Becker
  • Publication number: 20110293360
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Ross Paul Wietharn
  • Publication number: 20090218081
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil I. Mathew, Dan J. Becker, Thomas J. Grabenstetter, Daniel A. Piterski, William E. Donovan, Stephen M. Bertrand
  • Patent number: 7174936
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Sunil I. Mathew, Eugene Y. Grinberg
  • Patent number: 6267459
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Daniel M. Keehner
  • Patent number: 5913374
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Craig R. Gustin
  • Patent number: D507522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Eugene Y. Grinberg, Sunil I. Mathew
  • Patent number: D536298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Sunil I. Mathew, Dave McKeever, Brook Plavec, Ross P. Wietharn
  • Patent number: D548681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Brook Plavec, Sunil I. Mathew, Ross P. Wietharn, Dave McKeever