Abstract: A shroud retention system has a boss attached to a work tool and a retention block attached to the boss. The shroud retention system has a plunger block connected to and slidably movable relative to the retention block. The boss, the retention block, and the plunger block are slidably receivable in a shroud including a retainer slot. The shroud retention system has a retainer plate disposed in the retainer slot and configured to engage with the plunger block. The shroud retention system has a shim with a shim front face engaging the retention block and a shim rear face engaging a shroud inner wall. The shroud retention system has a retention fastener that passes through a thru hole in each of the plunger block, the retainer plate, and the shim and engages with a lock nut in the retention block to attach the shroud to the work tool.

Abstract: A retention component assembly for securing a work tool to a base is disclosed. The work tool may have a base-engaging surface with an opening. The retention component assembly may have a retention nut for insertion into a cavity in the work tool through the opening. The retention nut may have a cylindrical body including an inner surface delimiting a thru-hole in the retention nut. The retention nut may also have a plurality of wings extending laterally from the cylindrical body. Each of the wings may have an angled outer surface that engages with a corresponding surface of the work tool. The retention component assembly may also have a shim to secure the retention nut within the cavity of the work tool. Further, the retention component assembly may have a fastener that engages with the inner surface of the retention nut to secure the work tool to the base.

Abstract: A work tool may have a working segment having a ground-engaging leading edge and a connection segment secured to a base by a retention component assembly. The connection segment may have a body having a top surface and a bottom surface. The body of the connection segment may also have a cavity delimited by an inner surface of the connection segment and having an opening along the top surface of the body. The connection segment may have a plurality of protrusions extending into the cavity and evenly distributed along a circumference of the cavity. Further, the connection segment may have a shelf forming a lower end of the cavity. The cavity may receive at least one component of the retention component assembly through the opening in the top surface and may seat the at least one component on the shelf at the lower end of the cavity.

Abstract: A wing shroud for a bucket lip wing in a bucket lip assembly for a machine, such as a hydraulic mining shovel, includes a shroud body having a front end forming a plow edge, and a wing-mounting channel defined between a first leg and a second leg extending to a back end of the shroud body. The front end further includes a forward lower edge, forming a fit pad for interlocking engagement with a coupler in a bucket assembly. Related apparatus in a bucket lip assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A wear cap in a bucket lip in a bucket lip assembly for a machine includes a cap plate, and each of a first sidewall and a second sidewall downwardly dependent from the cap plate. A wear cap mounting space is defined laterally between a first sidewall and a second sidewall, and each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall includes a protrusion extending inwardly so as to define a rail channel for mounting the wear cap between the respective protrusion and the wear cap lower surface. The wear cap can be installed and retained solely by way of engagement with the rails on a bucket lip and interlocks with an adjacent coupler.

Abstract: A shroud for a bucket lip assembly in a bucket of a machine includes a leading edge, a shroud lower surface, a shroud upper surface, and a shroud back surface forming an installation pocket. The shroud further includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a central wedge portion, a first material channel formed between the central wedge portion and the first sidewall and a second material channel formed between the central wedge portion and the second sidewall. The leading edge may form lead-in cutouts in communication with the respective material channels.

Abstract: A tip coupler for a bucket in a bucket lip assembly for a machine, such as a hydraulic mining shovel, includes a coupler body including a mounting portion and a nose portion projecting from a forward body end of the mounting portion. The forward body end includes an end face and a plurality of tip-contact surfaces arranged about the nose portion. The back body end of the mounting portion includes a plurality of corners, and a plurality of load-reacting surfaces offset fore-aft from the plurality of corners and arranged about an open cavity end of a lip-installation cavity in the coupler body. Related apparatus is also disclosed. The tip coupler may be arranged in a bucket lip assembly of a bucket of the machine.

Abstract: A retention mechanism for connecting a tip to an adapter may have a main retainer, a center pin, and a center pin clip attachable to the center pin. The main retainer may have a retainer body, a non-circular thru hole extending along a central axis, and a male thread around an outer surface of the main retainer. The male thread may engage a female thread in a transverse thru hole in the tip. The center pin may have a profile matching that of the non-circular thru hole of the main retainer. The non-circular thru hole of the main retainer may align with a non-circular blind hole in the adapter when in its fully engaged position. The center pin may be inserted into the non-circular thru hole of the main retainer with a distal end of the center pin positioned in the non-circular blind hole in the adapter.

Abstract: A bucket lip for a bucket in a machine includes an elongate one-piece casting including a forward lip edge and a plurality of mounting stations arranged along the forward lip edge. A lower lip side forms a segmented integral bean between the forward lip edge and a back lip edge, having a first outboard segment extending laterally inward from a first lateral edge, a second outboard segment extending laterally inward from a second lateral edge, and a plurality of inboard segments connecting between the first outboard segment and the second outboard segment. The bucket lip is configured for enhanced strength, optimized weight, and installation of a wear package.

Abstract: A bucket lip includes an elongate one-piece casting and each of a first lip wing projecting upward at a location adjacent to a first lateral edge and a second lip wing projecting upward at a location adjacent to a second lateral edge of the casting. The first lip wing and the second lip wing each include a base section that is laterally asymmetric, and a bucket wing attachment section. Embodied in a bucket lip assembly, wing shroud bosses may be attached to outboard sides of the first lip wing and the second lip wing.

Abstract: A bucket lip includes an elongate one-piece casting have a plurality of shroud stations along a forward lip edge. The plurality of shroud stations each include a top surface recessed relative to an upper lip surface, and a bottom surface and a forward-facing shroud contact surface. The plurality of shroud stations each further include a beveled transition surface extending between the respective top surface and the respective forward-facing shroud contact surface. The bucket lip may be arranged in a bucket lip assembly wherein a shroud boss is attached to the top surface.

Abstract: A bucket lip includes an elongate lip body having a plurality of coupler stations arranged along a forward lip edge and each including a top surface stepped down from the upper lip surface. Each of the coupler stations further includes a wear cap retention feature, such as one or more wear cap rails, protruding in at least one of an upper direction or a lateral direction and having a retention feature elevation that is flush with or below the upper lip surface.

Abstract: A bucket lip includes an elongate lip body having a plurality of coupler stations arranged along a forward lip edge. Each coupler station includes a base portion, and a nose portion extending to a nose end surface. Each base portion includes at least one coupler-loading shoulder stepped off from the nose portion, and forming a plurality of up load support surfaces, a plurality of down load support surfaces, and a plurality of side load support surfaces oriented, respectively, for reacting up, down, and side loads on an attached coupler.

Abstract: A retention mechanism for connecting a ground engaging tip and an adapter may have a retainer block, a retainer pin, and a spring assembly. The retainer block may be insertable into a cutout in the adapter. The retainer block may have a cavity including an internal thread and at least one detent cutout. The retainer block may have a retainer block outer surface including a plurality of surfaces configured to engage with corresponding surfaces in the cutout of the adapter. The retainer pin may be insertable in the cavity of the retainer block. The retainer pin may have a threaded outer surface configured to engage with the internal thread in the cavity in the retainer block. The retainer pin may also have an opening extending diametrically through the retainer pin. The spring assembly may be disposed in the opening and configured to engage with the at least one detent cutout.

Abstract: A shroud retention system may include a retainer plate holder having a top surface, a bottom surface parallel to the top surface, a retainer plate engaging surface extending between the bottom surface and the top surface, wherein the retainer plate engaging surface may be inclined relative to a plane perpendicular to the top surface, a rear surface opposite the retainer plate engaging surface, a through-hole intersecting the retainer plate engaging surface and the rear surface and one or more protrusions extending from the retainer plate engaging surface.

Abstract: A wear member has a body extending from a front surface to a rear surface disposed generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The body defines a mid-plane that is perpendicular to the rear surface and includes the longitudinal axis. The front surface is disposed on one side of the mid-plane. The wear member has a top outer surface and a bottom outer surface. The top outer surface and the bottom outer surface extend from the rear surface and converge at the front surface. The wear member includes first and second side outer surfaces disposed about the longitudinal axis and that extend from the rear surface to the front surface. The wear member includes a rib protruding from the top outer surface and a scoop extending into the body from the bottom outer surface towards the top outer surface.

Abstract: A shroud retention system has a boss attached to a work tool and a retention block attached to the boss. The shroud retention system has a plunger block connected to and slidably movable relative to the retention block. The boss, the retention block, and the plunger block are slidably receivable in a shroud including a retainer slot. The shroud retention system has a retainer plate disposed in the retainer slot and configured to engage with the plunger block. The shroud retention system has a shim with a shim front face engaging the retention block and a shim rear face engaging a shroud inner wall. The shroud retention system has a retention fastener that passes through a thru hole in each of the plunger block, the retainer plate, and the shim and engages with a lock nut in the retention block to attach the shroud to the work tool.

Abstract: A retention mechanism for connecting a ground engaging tip and an adapter has a spring, a retainer block configured for insertion into a cutout in the adapter, and a retainer. The retainer block has a cavity having an internal thread. The retainer block also has an outer surface defining a contact surface, a back surface opposite the contact surface, and a plurality of angled surfaces between the contact surface and the back surface. Further, the retainer block has a slot passing through the back surface and configured to receive the spring. The retainer is configured for insertion in in the cavity of the retainer block. The retainer has a threaded outer surface configured to engage with the internal thread of the retainer block, a detent cutout configured to receive a portion of the spring, and a chamfered bottom surface configured to engage with and deflect the portion of the spring.

Abstract: A retention mechanism for connecting a tip to an adapter may have a main retainer, a center pin, and a center pin clip attachable to the center pin. The main retainer may have a retainer body, a non-circular thru hole extending along a central axis, and a male thread around an outer surface of the main retainer. The male thread may engage a female thread in a transverse thru hole in the tip. The center pin may have a profile matching that of the non-circular thru hole of the main retainer. The non-circular thru hole of the main retainer may align with a non-circular blind hole in the adapter when in its fully engaged position. The center pin may be inserted into the non-circular thru hole of the main retainer with a distal end of the center pin positioned in the non-circular blind hole in the adapter.

Abstract: A retention mechanism may have a pin inserted into a retainer pin opening in the adapter. The retention mechanism may also have a spring clip inserted into the tip through a first end of a transverse hole in the tip, and a retainer inserted through a second end of the transverse hole. The retainer may have a retainer body extending from a first axial end to a second axial end. The retainer may have at least one tab extending radially from the retainer body at the first axial end. The at least one tab may engage with a female thread in the transverse hole. The retainer may have at least one detent cutout disposed on an outer surface of the retainer body for receiving a portion of the spring clip. The retainer may also have an axial cavity at the second axial end for receiving one end of the pin.