Patents by Inventor Douglas Serrurier

Douglas Serrurier 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).

  • Publication number: 20170044740
    Abstract: A retention lobe for a ground engaging tip may include a lobe base having a base outline, wherein at least a portion of the base outline may lie in a base plane. The base outline may include a front base edge and a rear base edge opposite the front base edge. The retention lobe may also include a lobe outer surface spaced from the lobe base and extending from the front base edge to the rear base edge. The lobe outer surface may include a front lobe outer surface extending from the front base edge obliquely relative to the base plane and toward the rear base edge. The lobe outer surface may further include a rear lobe outer surface extending obliquely relative to the front lobe outer surface, such that the rear lobe outer surface tapers relative to the front lobe outer surface toward the base plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: MIHAI M. BALAN, DOUGLAS SERRURIER
  • Publication number: 20170044743
    Abstract: A ground engaging tip may include a rear edge including upper and lower rear edges. The ground engaging tip may also include a front edge opposite the rear edge. The ground engaging tip may further include a top outer surface extending from the upper rear edge toward the front edge, and a bottom outer surface extending from the lower rear edge toward the front edge. The bottom outer surface may include a bottom surface front portion extending from the front edge toward the lower rear edge and terminating at a bottom surface transition portion, and a bottom surface rear portion extending from the transition portion toward the lower rear edge. The bottom surface front portion and rear portions may include respective front and rear portion surfaces extending in respective first and second directions defining an angle, such that the bottom surface rear portion extends toward the top outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: MIHAI M. BALAN, DOUGLAS SERRURIER
  • Patent number: 9499958
    Abstract: A wear member of a mechanically attached wear plate system having a mounting base for attachment to a wear surface and a retainer member adapted to retain the wear member in an engaged position on the mounting base. The wear member is coupled to the mounting base by a rotary movement to engage an engagement surface of a dovetail flange extending from a wear member mounting side with a mounting base engagement surface. Abutment surfaces of the wear member and mounting base are disposed abutting opposite sides of the retainer member positioned in the retainer opening of the mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Serrurier
  • Publication number: 20160160476
    Abstract: A side shroud is provided for use with a work implement. The shroud may have an elongated body configured to straddle an edge of the work implement, and a mounting portion extending from a side of the elongated body. The mounting portion may include a back defining an opening, a first side connected to the back, and a second side connected to the back opposite the first side. The mounting portion may also include at least one tab extending inwardly from the back of the mounting portion at a location adjacent the opening and between the first and second sides. The at least one tab may be configured to removably couple the shroud to a mounting base attached to the work implement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Douglas SERRURIER, Madhukar MAGULURU
  • Publication number: 20160130791
    Abstract: A mounting base for removably coupling a wear member to a tool may have a generally planar first base portion, which may have an inward surface configured to be attached to the tool. The mounting base may also have a generally planar second base portion extending from the first base portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the first base portion. The second base portion may have an inward surface configured to be attached to the tool. The first base portion may define an opening including a notch-shaped portion and a rectangle-shaped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Serrurier, Arun Venugopal
  • Publication number: 20160130790
    Abstract: A wear member for a tool may have a generally planar first wear member portion defining an opening. The first wear member portion may also have a first inward surface defining a projection adjacent the opening for removably coupling the wear member to a mounting base attached to the tool. The wear member may also have a generally planar second wear member portion extending from the first wear member portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the first wear member portion. The second wear member portion may also have a second inward surface contiguous with the first inward surface. The first and second inward surfaces may define a receiving pocket configured to receive the mounting base, and the projection may be positioned completely within the receiving pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Serrurier, Arun Venugopal
  • Patent number: D751610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Serrurier, Arun Venugopal
  • Patent number: D769945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Serrurier, Madhukar Maguluru
  • Patent number: D774108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D774109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D774110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D774564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D774565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D774566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D774567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D775240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D775241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D775242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier
  • Patent number: D775243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Serrurier, Mihai Mircea Balan
  • Patent number: D775673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Mircea Balan, Douglas Serrurier