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US 2023/0141668 A1Published application
Integrated outer wheel assembly
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Grahek, Nicholas J. Fayville
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Abstract
An integrated outer wheel assembly for a compactor vehicle is disclosed. The outer wheel assembly has a hollow cylindrical wrapper, and the wrapper has an inboard side and an outboard side. The wrapper further has one or more tips on an outer surface of the wrapper. The integrated outer wheel assembly is secured to a wheel core.
Claims20
An integrated outer wheel assembly for a compactor vehicle, the outer wheel assembly including:
- a hollow cylindrical wrapper, the wrapper having an inboard side and an outboard side, and
- one or more tips on an outer surface of the wrapper,
- wherein the integrated outer wheel assembly is configured to be secured to a wheel core.
A compactor wheel for a compactor vehicle, the compactor wheel comprising:
- a wheel core having a circumference defined by an inboard side and an outboard side of the wheel core;
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- an integrated outer wheel assembly secured to the wheel core, the integrated outer wheel assembly having:
- a hollow cylindrical wrapper, the wrapper having an inboard side and an outboard side, and
- one or more tips on an outer surface of the wrapper,
- wherein the integrated outer wheel assembly is secured to the wheel core by positioning the integrated outer wheel assembly over the outer circumference of the wheel core and joining the integrated outer wheel assembly to the wheel core at a first interface of the inboard side of the wheel core and the inboard side of the wrapper and joining at a second interface of the outboard side of the wheel core and the outboard side of the wrapper.
3 more elements
A method of remanufacturing a compactor wheel of a compactor vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a wheel core having an inboard conical member and an outboard conical member, a circumference of the of inboard conical member and a circumference of the outboard conical member defining a circumference of the wheel core;
- positioning an integrated outer wheel assembly over the circumference of the wheel core, the integrated outer wheel assembly having a hollow cylindrical wrapper having one or more tips on an outer surface of the wrapper and an inboard side and an outboard side;
- securing the integrated outer wheel assembly to the wheel core by joining the integrated outer wheel assembly and the wheel core at a first interface of the inboard conical member and the inboard side of the wrapper and joining at a second interface of the outboard conical member and the outboard side of the wrapper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.