Patents by Inventor SCOTT DAVID PERKINS

SCOTT DAVID PERKINS 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: 11306678
    Abstract: A piston includes an annular body including a crown portion defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a circumferential direction. The crown portion includes a top squish surface, and a circumferential annular wall extending downwardly axially from the top squish surface as well as a skirt. A first piston ring receiving groove is spaced away from the top squish surface, an upper land and a lower land extend from the first piston ring receiving groove, and a bottom blend connects the lower land to the first piston ring receiving groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Joseph Clute, Scott David Perkins, Thomas Randall McClure, Michael R. Bochart
  • Publication number: 20220106923
    Abstract: An annular cylinder liner includes an annular body defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a circumferential direction, a first longitudinal end, a second longitudinal end, and a liner length measured from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end along the longitudinal axis. The annular body also includes a shoulder that is disposed at the first longitudinal end, defining a shoulder axial thickness measured along the longitudinal axis. A ratio of the liner length to the shoulder axial thickness ranges from 24.0 to 46.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shu Zhang, Miguel M. Cervantes, Scott David Perkins, Andrew James Cummins
  • Publication number: 20120304954
    Abstract: A cylinder liner for an engine includes a hollow cylindrical sleeve, with an inner surface and an outer surface, that extends from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis. The cylinder liner may also include an annular cuff-ring groove, with a radiused fillet region, on the inner surface proximate the first end. The cylinder liner may further include a hardened case formed on the inner surface of the sleeve. The case may extend under a base of the fillet region of the cuff-ring groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: MATTHEW THOMAS KISER, JAMES W. GEE, SCOTT DAVID PERKINS, MAGGIE R. BURROW