Back-up ring
Latest CATERPILLAR INC. Patents:
The broken lines of even length shown in the drawings illustrate portions that form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a back-up ring, as shown and described.
| 3394939 | July 1968 | Mastro |
| 3856287 | December 1974 | Freitag |
| 4053166 | October 11, 1977 | Domkowski |
| 4190259 | February 26, 1980 | Zitting |
| 4268045 | May 19, 1981 | Traub |
| D379493 | May 27, 1997 | Woods |
| D437034 | January 30, 2001 | Stout, Jr. |
| D442609 | May 22, 2001 | Quantz |
| 6511075 | January 28, 2003 | Schmidt |
| 6575471 | June 10, 2003 | Grosspietsch |
| 6979002 | December 27, 2005 | Ramsay |
| D526705 | August 15, 2006 | Wortmann |
| D527445 | August 29, 2006 | Wortmann |
| D529145 | September 26, 2006 | Wortmann |
| D553238 | October 16, 2007 | Haggkvist |
| 7341258 | March 11, 2008 | Holt et al. |
| D572348 | July 1, 2008 | Arosio |
| 7665740 | February 23, 2010 | Munekata et al. |
| D722621 | February 17, 2015 | Gray |
| D731035 | June 2, 2015 | Lo Cicero |
| 9316317 | April 19, 2016 | Okamura |
| 9347564 | May 24, 2016 | Kiecksee |
| 9388901 | July 12, 2016 | Nuennerich |
| 9512924 | December 6, 2016 | Uesugi et al. |
| 9752682 | September 5, 2017 | Winkelmann et al. |
| 9995394 | June 12, 2018 | Bradshaw |
| D885443 | May 26, 2020 | Tsuji |
| D885444 | May 26, 2020 | Tsuji |
| D898170 | October 6, 2020 | Yoshida |
| D936190 | November 16, 2021 | Mathur |
| 12152614 | November 26, 2024 | Ponnusamy |
| D1068854 | April 1, 2025 | Ponnusamy |
| 20040094033 | May 20, 2004 | Kau |
| 20040195780 | October 7, 2004 | Baehl et al. |
| 20060185952 | August 24, 2006 | Kojima |
| 20070216111 | September 20, 2007 | Matsui |
| 20080007012 | January 10, 2008 | Jeong |
| 20140361494 | December 11, 2014 | Lenhert |
| 20190017600 | January 17, 2019 | Scharrer |
| 20210215253 | July 15, 2021 | Prate |
| 20220381345 | December 1, 2022 | Rothnie |
| 20240060386 | February 22, 2024 | Windslow |
| 198800315 | February 1988 | AU |
| 199002070 | June 1990 | AU |
| 199701620 | May 1997 | AU |
| 199701787 | June 1997 | AU |
| 200200154 | January 2002 | AU |
| 200415107 | November 2004 | AU |
| 200813904 | August 2008 | AU |
| 200813908 | August 2008 | AU |
| 201715845 | September 2017 | AU |
| 201401598 | June 2014 | CL |
| 202203116 | November 2022 | CL |
| 202203117 | November 2022 | CL |
| 104964037 | October 2015 | CN |
| 211525542 | September 2020 | CN |
| 215172226 | December 2021 | CN |
| 001720624-0002 | July 2010 | EM |
| 01720624-0003 | July 2010 | EM |
| 002148346-0001 | December 2012 | EM |
| 002190637-0001 | February 2013 | EM |
| 002184382-0002 | January 2015 | EM |
| 008173827-0001 | October 2020 | EM |
| 008544365-0002 | November 2021 | EM |
- U.S. Design Patent Application of Ananda Sudhakar Ponnusamy et al., titled “Hydraulic Cylinder” filed on May 10, 2022.
- U.S. Utility Patent Application of Ananda Sudhakar Ponnusamy et al., titled “Hydraulic Cylinder Buffer Seal Backup Ring” filed on May 10, 2022.
- U.S. Utility Patent Application of Ananda Sudhakar Ponnusamy et al., titled “Hydraulic Cylinder Sealing Arrangement” filed on May 10, 2022.
- Written Opinion and International Search Report for Int'l. Patent Appln. No. PCT/US2023/020150, mailed Jul. 31, 2023 (12 pgs).
- About Smalley Retaining Rings Published in Youtube on Aug. 15, 2019 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpHkoZahU9k.
- Spiral Retaining Ring, ¾ Inch Adjustment Diameter, Carbon Steel, Interior, 0.796 Inch for Groove Diameter, 20400005998 Published in Amazon on Feb. 20, 2021.
- Spiral Retaining Ring, Int, 1¾″, Published in Amazon on Mar. 19, 2021; https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Anilloretenci%C3%B3n-espiralInt/dp/B08ZHY3ZY4.
Type: Grant
Filed: May 10, 2022
Date of Patent: Mar 10, 2026
Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC. (Peoria, IL)
Inventor: Ananda Sudhakar Ponnusamy (Naperville, IL)
Primary Examiner: Mark A Goodwin
Application Number: 29/864,123