Patents by Inventor Daniel Raymond Hettinger

Daniel Raymond Hettinger 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: 9545956
    Abstract: A liner system for a bed of a material hauling machine is provided. The liner system includes a first panel having a first surface and a second surface. The second surface includes a plurality of projected sections and defines a recess between each of the plurality of projected sections and a keyway recess. The liner system also includes a second panel having a first lip portion and a second lip portion configured to interconnect with the second and first lip portion of adjacent second panels respectively. The second panel also includes a first protruding portion configured to be received into the recess and a second protruding portion configured to be received into the keyway recess. The liner system further includes a locking panel having a first extension member, a second extension member and one or more fastening means configured to fasten the second panel to the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Qiaoyu Lu, Aaron Kenneth Amstutz, Andrea Burgess Tognetti, Daniel Raymond Hettinger, Jeremy Roe Hammar, Kevin L. Martin, Kyle Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20160194035
    Abstract: A liner system for a bed of a material hauling machine is provided. The liner system includes a first panel having a first surface and a second surface. The second surface includes a plurality of projected sections and defines a recess between each of the plurality of projected sections and a keyway recess. The liner system also includes a second panel having a first lip portion and a second lip portion configured to interconnect with the second and first lip portion of adjacent second panels respectively. The second panel also includes a first protruding portion configured to be received into the recess and a second protruding portion configured to be received into the keyway recess. The liner system further includes a locking panel having a first extension member, a second extension member and one or more fastening means configured to fasten the second panel to the first panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Qiaoyu Lu, Aaron Kenneth Amstutz, Andrea Burgess Tognetti, Daniel Raymond Hettinger, Jeremy Roe Hammar, Kevin L. Martin, Kyle Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20150001910
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dump body for a machine. The dump body comprises a floor, a front wall, a pair of side walls being structured and arranged to form a material collection structure. A contoured surface being formed between at least one combination of the floor, front wall, and the pair of side walls. Further, an exhaust passage having at least a portion of wall being defined by the contoured surface is provided in the dump body, wherein the contoured surface is configured to be in fluid communication with exhaust through the exhaust passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yagneshwar Natarajan, Theodore A. Moutrey, Balachandar Krishnamurthy, Daniel Raymond Hettinger, Javier Schulze Rojas, Mohsin Abdul Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20140252801
    Abstract: A method for rebuilding a truck body is provided. The method places a plurality of supports on a segment of a truck body. The plurality of supports defines at least a portion of the segment requiring rebuild. The method then places a rebuilding surface atop the plurality of supports. The rebuilding surface defines a void created between the rebuilding surface and the segment. The method also affixes the rebuilding surface atop the plurality of supports. The method further injects a layer of filler material into the void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Raymond Hettinger, Steven W. Pangburn
  • Patent number: D885975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Raymond Hettinger
  • Patent number: D886673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Raymond Hettinger