Patents by Inventor Ronald Jerome Maier

Ronald Jerome Maier 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: 10207755
    Abstract: A bulkhead assembly for a track adjust cylinder of an undercarriage system is provided. The bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead having an opening to receive the track adjust cylinder. A guide element having a hollow cylindrical configuration is attached to the bulkhead and supports the track adjust cylinder. A seal member is axially aligned with respect to the guide element. The seal member has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the guide element. A set of composite bearings is axially aligned with respect to the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John Bradley Edelin, Dewakar Venkata Jonnakuti, Ronald Jerome Maier
  • Patent number: 9988111
    Abstract: An idler wheel recoil assembly mounts an idler wheel to a roller frame of an undercarriage of a track-type machine. The idler wheel recoil assembly includes a recoil shaft and spring mounted on the roller frame for reciprocal movement of the recoil shaft, and a swing arm pivotally connected to a guard mounted on the roller frame by a guard mounting assembly and having the idler wheel rotatably mounted thereon. A yoke is pivotally connected between the recoil shaft and the swing arm. A guard mounting assembly connects the guard to the roller frame of the undercarriage and has a plurality of mounting positions for securing the guard to the roller frame, with an idler rise height of the idler wheel relative to the roller frame being different when the guard is secured to the roller frame in each of the plurality of mounting positions of the guard mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Jerome Maier, John Bradley Edelin, Dewakar Venkata Jonnakuti, Sanjog Suresh Mankar
  • Publication number: 20180037281
    Abstract: An idler wheel recoil assembly mounts an idler wheel to a roller frame of an undercarriage of a track-type machine. The idler wheel recoil assembly includes a recoil shaft and spring mounted on the roller frame for reciprocal movement of the recoil shaft, and a swing arm pivotally connected to a guard mounted on the roller frame by a guard mounting assembly and having the idler wheel rotatably mounted thereon. A yoke is pivotally connected between the recoil shaft and the swing arm. A guard mounting assembly connects the guard to the roller frame of the undercarriage and has a plurality of mounting positions for securing the guard to the roller frame, with an idler rise height of the idler wheel relative to the roller frame being different when the guard is secured to the roller frame in each of the plurality of mounting positions of the guard mounting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Jerome Maier, John Bradley Edelin, Dewakar Venkata Jonnakuti, Sanjog Suresh Mankar
  • Publication number: 20180029654
    Abstract: A bulkhead assembly for a track adjust cylinder of an undercarriage system is provided. The bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead having an opening to receive the track adjust cylinder. A guide element having a hollow cylindrical configuration is attached to the bulkhead and supports the track adjust cylinder. A seal member is axially aligned with respect to the guide element. The seal member has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the guide element. A set of composite bearings is axially aligned with respect to the seal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John Bradley Edelin, Dewakar Venkata Jonnakuti, Ronald Jerome Maier