James P Gee

US Patent:

20120304954, Dec 6, 2012

Filed:

Jun 2, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/151441

Inventors:

MATTHEW THOMAS KISER - Chillicothe IL, US
JAMES W. GEE - Washington IL, US
SCOTT DAVID PERKINS - Eureka IL, US
MAGGIE R. BURROW - Peoria IL, US

International Classification:

F02F 1/00
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

1231932, 2988806

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.

US Patent:

45759596, Mar 18, 1986

Filed:

Apr 30, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/605542

Inventors:

James E. Gee - Washington IL

Assignee:

Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

E02F 362

US Classification:

37 4

Abstract:

A scraper has a bowl and a floor and is constructed to receive an auger. Material moving up the cutting edge and pushing against a diverter requires greater force to load the scraper. Apparatus having a substantially smooth inclined surfaces are provided for moving material into the bowl past a compaction zone onto the spiral flight of an auger and also block incoming material from the compaction zone and lodging between the leading edge of the auger and the bowl floor.

US Patent:

47812575, Nov 1, 1988

Filed:

Aug 28, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/090476

Inventors:

James E. Gee - Washington IL
Andrew J. Tonsor - East Peoria IL
David E. Nelson - Peoria IL
Ronald L. Satzler - Princeville IL

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

B62D 5506

US Classification:

180 95

Abstract:

A vehicle such as a combine harvester or the like includes a main frame and a first and second undercarriages for supporting the main frame and individually having front and rear wheel assemblies and a track encircling the wheel assemblies. A suspension structure therefore includes a laterally spaced apart pair of pivot joints adjacent the front wheel assemblies for pivotally connecting the undercarriages to the main frame, and a coupling assembly adjacent the rear wheel assemblies for centrally supporting the main frame on the undercarriages. A hydraulic motor powerably rotates each of the rear wheel assemblies and an inside support device is provided therefor that includes a stabilizing beam. The coupling assembly includes an equalizer bar having outer ends, and the stabilizing beam extends rearwardly beyond the driven rear wheel assemblies for connection to the outer ends. Also, an outside support device releasably clamps the rear wheel assemblies to the undercarriages.

US Patent:

40153487, Apr 5, 1977

Filed:

Sep 30, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/618181

Inventors:

James E. Gee - Washington IL
Robert N. Stedman - Chillicothe IL

Assignee:

Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

E02F 504

US Classification:

37124

Abstract:

The invention is concerned with an improvement in a tractor drawn scraper wherein the scraper has a bowl with a back, a bottom, two sides and a forward cutting edge and a spreader forward of the cutting edge and supported by forward extensions of the bowl sides. A tractor is provided forward of the spreader for pulling the scraper and means are provided for raising and lowering the forward end of the scraper relative to the tractor. The improved ripper assembly of the present invention comprises a beam suspended generally vertically downwardly from the spreader and forwardly from the bowl, the beam having a plurality of ripper sockets extending laterally from it. Held within the ripper sockets are a plurality of ripper shanks. A plurality of ripper teeth are generally provided proceeding from the ripper shanks. Means are provided for adjusting the vertical separation between the beam and the spreader.

US Patent:

D2743337, Jun 19, 1984

Filed:

Jan 29, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/343786

Inventors:

Thomas C. Meisel - Peoria IL
James E. Gee - Washington IL

Assignee:

Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Peoria IL

US Classification:

D15 24

US Patent:

40263762, May 31, 1977

Filed:

Apr 2, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/564239

Inventors:

James E. Gee - Washington IL

Assignee:

Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

B60K 1300

US Classification:

180 54A

Abstract:

A tractor includes an internal combustion engine and is adapted for underwater operation, with inlet and outlet means extending to above the surface of the water for supplying air to the engine and exhausting combustion gas therefrom. A dredging implement in the form of a blade and auger, directs material from the floor to adjacent one end of a conduit means as the vehicle is transported over the floor. An impeller associated with the conduit means transports the material therethrough and from the other end of the conduit means, which is positioned above the surface of the water. The dredging implement may alternatively take the form of a pair of wing members, each angled upwardly and inwardly in the rearward direction to direct material to adjacent the one end of the conduit means. Means remote from the vehicle, and positionable on shore, are included for operating the submerged tractor.

US Patent:

48383732, Jun 13, 1989

Filed:

Jun 30, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/213793

Inventors:

Robert J. Price - Dunlap IL
James E. Gee - Washington IL
Andrew J. Tonsor - East Peoria IL
Ronald L. Satzler - Princeville IL
Samuel B. Stevens - Pekin IL

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

B62D 5500
B62D 5527

US Classification:

180 946

Abstract:

A vehicle such as a combine harvester or the like includes a main frame, a track roller frame pivotally connected to the main frame, a drive wheel including a hydraulic drive motor having a housing and a rotatable shaft assembly, and an equalizer bar connected in a first embodiment to the shaft assembly by a coupling device including an anti-friction bearing and a trunnion member having a pair of pivot pins arranged along a substantially horizontal and longitudinally extending axis. In a second embodiment the equalizer bar is connected to the housing by another coupling device including a trunnion member having a pair of similarly oriented pivot pins. In each instance the transversely oriented equalizer bar is arranged along the transversely oriented central axis of the drive wheel, which provides a very stable 3-point frame suspension that is also rugged and economical and has a minimal tendency to collect mud or debris on the upper surfaces thereof in use.

US Patent:

48344788, May 30, 1989

Filed:

Jun 30, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/213800

Inventors:

Samuel B. Stevens - Pekin IL
James E. Gee - Washington IL
Andrew J. Tonsor - East Peoria IL

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

B62D 5500

US Classification:

305 21

Abstract:

A track roller frame assembly is connected to the main frame of a vehicle such as a combine harvester or the like, and is adapted to drive an elastomeric drive belt. An elongate track roller frame thereof includes a main body, pivot means on the main body for pivotal connection to the main frame, a supporting collar connected to the main body, and a plurality of roller wheels underlyingly connected to the main body. A wheel includes a housing encirclingly supported by the collar away from the pivot means, a shaft assembly rotatably supported within the housing, and inner and outer wheel portions connected to the opposite ends of the shaft assembly. A hydraulic drive motor within the housing rotates the shaft assembly and the wheel portions and drives the elastomeric drive belt. The drive motor is protectively located between the wheel portions, and the lightweight construction features the symmetrical transmission of belt forces and torque loads through the housing and into the supporting collar along the central plane of the track roller frame.