Bolt retention assembly with extended travel for a work tool
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorNathan R. Bjerke
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Abstract
A bolt retention assembly defines a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The bolt retention assembly includes an adapter including a forward abutment portion and a rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion. The adapter may also define an interior aperture. The bolt retention assembly further includes a slide including a forward threaded portion configured to fit within the interior aperture of the adapter, and a rearward horizontally oriented pronged portion configured to pass through the rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion of the adapter.
Claims20
A bolt retention assembly defining a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, the bolt retention assembly comprising:
- an adapter including a forward abutment portion and a rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion, the adapter also defining an interior aperture;
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- a slide including a forward threaded portion configured to fit within the interior aperture of the adapter, and a rearward horizontally oriented pronged portion configured to pass through the rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion of the adapter;
- wherein the rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion defines a maximum horizontal dimension of the rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion, and the rearward horizontally oriented pronged portion defines a maximum horizontal dimension of the rearward horizontally oriented pronged portion that is equal to or greater than the maximum horizontal dimension of the rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion such that the slide is free to move horizontally relative to the adapter and extend horizontally past the adapter.
A slide for use with a bolt retention assembly, the slide defining a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, the slide comprising:
- a forward threaded portion, and
- a rearward horizontally oriented pronged portion.
An adapter for use with a bolt retention assembly, the adapter defining a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, the adapter comprising:
- a subassembly including
- a front adapter member comprising a forward abutment portion, and
- a rear adapter member comprising a rearward horizontally oriented saddle portion defining a central horizontally extending clearance hole and four horizontally extending thru-apertures that are spaced about the central horizontally extending clearance hole forming a rectangular array in a plane parallel to the lateral and the vertical directions;
- wherein the adapter also defines an interior aperture that is in communication with the central horizontally extending clearance hole and the four horizontally extending thru-apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.