Adapter board bolted joint surface
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsDavid Bruno Parzynski, JR., Thomas Marshall Congdon, Susan Marie Graham
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Abstract
A blade assembly comprises a moldboard defining an upper moldboard free end and a lower moldboard free end, the lower moldboard free end defining a lower curved mounting surface, and an adapter board defining an upper adapter board attachment portion, and a lower tool bit attachment portion. The upper adapter board attachment portion may include a first peak surface and a second peak surface, the first peak surface and the second peak surface forming a first valley therebetween and being configured to contact the lower curved mounting surface.
Claims19
A blade assembly including a moldboard defining an upper moldboard free end and a lower moldboard free end, the lower moldboard free end defining a lower curved mounting surface for use with a grading machine, the blade assembly comprising:
- an adapter board defining an upper adapter board attachment portion, terminating in an upper adapter board free end, and a lower tool bit attachment portion, terminating in a lower adapter board free end,
- wherein the upper adapter board attachment portion includes a first peak surface and a second peak surface, the first peak surface and the second peak surface forming a first valley therebetween and being configured to contact the lower curved mounting surface.
A blade assembly including a moldboard defining an upper moldboard free end and a lower moldboard free end, the lower moldboard free end defining a lower curved mounting surface for use with a grading machine, the blade assembly comprising:
- an adapter board defining an upper adapter board attachment portion, terminating in an upper adapter board free end, and a lower tool bit attachment portion, terminating in a lower adapter board free end,
- wherein the upper adapter board attachment portion includes a plurality of peaks surfaces defining a plurality of valleys therebtween, the plurality of peak surfaces being differently configured than the lower curved mounting surface.
An adapter board for use with a blade assembly of a grading machine,
- the adapter board comprising:
- an upper adapter board attachment portion, terminating in an upper adapter board free end;
- and
- a lower tool bit attachment portion, terminating in a lower adapter board free end,
- wherein the upper adapter board attachment portion includes a first flat surface disposed adjacent the upper adapter board free end, a second flat surface disposed beneath the first flat surface, and a third flat surface disposed below the first flat surface and above the second flat surface, the first flat surface and the second flat surface being non-parallel to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.