Patents by Inventor Eric A. Morr

Eric A. Morr 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).

  • BATTERY FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210218004
    Abstract: A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack may include a battery pack housing having an exterior surface. The battery pack may include one or more battery cells positioned within the battery pack housing. The battery pack may include one or more pipes having openings, wherein the one or more pipes are positioned within the battery pack housing to provide, through the openings, a fluid onto the one or more battery cells. The battery pack may include a port positioned in the exterior surface of the battery pack housing, wherein the port is in fluid connection with the one or more pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. MORR, Justin D. MIDDLETON
  • Method of assembling a wheel assembly for a ground-driven work machine
    Patent number: 6247233
    Abstract: A wheel assembly for a work machine, such as a mining dump truck, comprises a rotatable wheel having inboard and outboard rims mounted thereto. The outboard rim is mounted to a segmented rim-mounting flange which is secured to the inboard side of a flange projecting from the wheel. A final drive adapter is secured to the outboard end of the wheel opposite the segmented rim mounted flange. The segmented mounting flange permits the use of a larger final drive ring gear than in known wheel assemblies. Moreover, because the mounting flange is segmented, it can be fastened to the wheel inboard of the gear reduction housing, which permits the final drive assembly to be serviced without removal of the outboard rim from the wheel. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hinton, Eric A. Morr, Thomas J. Suelflow
  • Wheel assembly for a ground-driven work machine and method for assembling the same
    Patent number: 6148941
    Abstract: A wheel assembly for a work machine, such as a mining dump truck, having a rotatable wheel having inboard and outboard rims mounted thereto. The outboard rim is mounted to a segmented rim-mounting flange which is secured to the inboard side of a flange projecting from the wheel. A final drive adapter is secured to the outboard end of the wheel opposite the segmented rim mounted flange. The segmented mounting flange permits the use of a larger final drive ring gear than in known wheel assemblies. Moreover, because the mounting flange is segmented, it can be fastened to the wheel inboard of the gear reduction housing, which permits the final drive assembly to be serviced without removal of the outboard rim from the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hinton, Eric A. Morr, Thomas J. Suelflow