Patents by Inventor Shevon Anthony VANNITAMBY

Shevon Anthony VANNITAMBY 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).

  • Tool retention system having cam-driven keys
    Patent number: 9157217
    Abstract: A retention system is provided for use in connecting a replaceable tool to a work implement. The retention system may have a sleeve configured to be received within corresponding bores in the work implement and the replaceable tool. The sleeve may have a radially oriented hole passing through an outer surface thereof. The retention system may also have a pin disposed within the sleeve. The pin may have a cam lobe located at an end adjacent the radially oriented hole of the sleeve and radially offset from a central axis. The retention system may additionally have a key disposed within the radially oriented hole of the sleeve and configured to ride on the cam lobe. The key may be movable during rotation of the pin from a retracted position to an activated position at which the key extends beyond the outer surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shevon Anthony Vannitamby, Terry Ray Lamprecht, Ryan Christopher Sommer, Mitchell Meyer Porembski
  • TOOL RETENTION SYSTEM HAVING CAM-DRIVEN KEYS
    Publication number: 20150027009
    Abstract: A retention system is provided for use in connecting a replaceable tool to a work implement. The retention system may have a sleeve configured to be received within corresponding bores in the work implement and the replaceable tool. The sleeve may have a radially oriented hole passing through an outer surface thereof. The retention system may also have a pin disposed within the sleeve. The pin may have a cam lobe located at an end adjacent the radially oriented hole of the sleeve and radially offset from a central axis. The retention system may additionally have a key disposed within the radially oriented hole of the sleeve and configured to ride on the cam lobe. The key may be movable during rotation of the pin from a retracted position to an activated position at which the key extends beyond the outer surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shevon Anthony VANNITAMBY, Terry Ray LAMPRECHT, Ryan Christopher SOMMER, Mitchell Meyer POREMBSKI