Patents by Inventor Thomas Eugene Cochran

Thomas Eugene Cochran 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: 3988071
    Abstract: A compactor wheel is rotatably mounted on a vehicle and comprises a plurality of pads disposed on the periphery thereof for compacting purposes. A cleaning bar assembly is mounted on the axle housing of the vehicle and comprises an integral U-shaped frame having a plurality of cleaning bars secured thereon to extend inwardly between the pads of the compactor wheel for removing material therefrom. The bars are secured on a pair of legs of the frame which straddle the compactor wheel in parallel relationship relative to the rotational axis thereof. Each of the legs has an adapter means secured on an outboard end thereof adapted to selectively attach an outboard support bar thereon to form a box-like frame enclosing the compactor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Eugene Cochran, Rodger Lloyd Moring
  • Patent number: 3951783
    Abstract: A resiliently supported face seal arrangement with arcuate seal rings that coact with spaced spherical ramps of a bearing mounting to maintain an effective seal and thus a lube chamber and supply for components with relatively large angular misalignment is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventor: Thomas Eugene Cochran