Patents by Inventor Noel Raymond Mack

Noel Raymond Mack 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).

  • Locking pin for ground-engaging tooth element
    Patent number: 5992063
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of ground engaging tool components which are attachable to the lip of a bucket of an earth moving machine. The assembly of tool components comprises a nosepiece attachable to the lip of the bucket, an adaptor attachable to the nosepiece and a tip attachable to the adaptor. The components are attachable to one another by spigot and socket arrangements, the relevant spigot in each case defining two opposed tapered faces and a pair of side faces spacing the tapered faces from one another, at least one of the side faces of the spigot defining a groove with opposed side walls which are tapered in an opposite sense to the taper on the opposed tapered faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Caterpillar Commerical SARL
    Inventor: Noel Raymond Mack
  • Ground engaging tool components
    Patent number: 5987787
    Abstract: An assembly of ground engaging tool components which are attachable to the lip of a bucket of an earth moving machine. The assembly includes a nosepiece attachable to the lip of the bucket, an adapter attachable to the nosepiece, and a tip attachable to the adaptor. The components are attachable to one another by spigot and socket arrangements, the relevant spigot in each case defining two opposed tapered faces and a pair of side faces spacing the tapered faces from one another, at least one of the side faces of the spigot defining a groove with opposed side walls which are tapered in an opposite sense to the taper on the opposed tapered faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Wright Equipment Company (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Noel Raymond Mack