Giedre Simanskaite

US Patent:

20180051438, Feb 22, 2018

Filed:

Aug 17, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/239583

Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Neil Racelis Bautista - Aurora IL, US
David Worth - Naperville IL, US
Giedre Simanskaite - Lisle IL, US

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

E02F 3/36
E02F 3/40

Abstract:

A tilting bucket assembly comprises an adapter subassembly including a two coupler members defining a coupler distance, a base plate attached to the coupler members that defines a first recess, a torsion tube that defines a second recess, and a bucket subassembly that is pivotally connected to the adapter subassembly, the bucket subassembly including a spill guard including a stop portion configured to contact the adapter subassembly, and a tilting mechanism, wherein the first recess and second recess clear the tilting mechanism and the spill guard when the base plate contacts the stop portion of the spill guard.

US Patent:

20170089030, Mar 30, 2017

Filed:

Sep 28, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/867622

Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Julia Kay Nitti - Aurora IL, US
David Michael Worth - Naperville IL, US
Davida Ray Reang - Pallikaranai, IN
Giedre Simanskaite - Lisle IL, US

Assignee:

CATERPILLAR INC. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

E02F 3/40

Abstract:

A tilt bucket may include a front structure having an outer surface, the front structure including a base plate with a bottom surface. The tilt bucket may include a bottom edge and a curved wrapper extending between the base plate and the bottom edge. A ratio of a maximum distance between the curved wrapper and a first line extending from the bottom edge to the tangent point on the outer surface of the front structure, taken substantially perpendicularly from the first line, relative to a length of the first line, may be about 0.64 to 0.70.