Barcode formed on a material
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsTrent Steven Kucher, Justin L. Koch
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Abstract
A barcode on a material includes at least one line having a length and a width. The line may be formed by markings on the material, and the markings may form a first row and a second row. The first row may be adjacent to the second row. The markings also forming a first column and a second column, with the first column being adjacent to the second column. The markings of the first row are offset from the markings of the second row.
Claims23
A barcode on a material, comprising:
- at least one line including a length and a width,
- wherein the at least one line is formed by markings on the material, the markings forming a first row and a second row, the first row being adjacent to the second row, the markings also forming a first column and a second column, the first column being adjacent to the second column, wherein the markings of the first row are offset from the markings of the second row, the markings have a spanning distance no greater than the distance between the first row and the second row.
A system for controlling abrasive wear of a sliding member in contact with a barcode formed in a component comprising:
- a metallic base material;
- a barcode formed on the base material, the barcode including a series of lines formed of markings, the markings forming a first row and a second row, the first row being adjacent to the second row, the markings forming the first row being offset from the markings forming the adjacent second row, the markings also forming a first column and a second column, the first column being adjacent to the second column, the markings forming the first column being offset from the markings forming the adjacent second column;
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- a sliding member in direct contact with the metallic component and configured to contact the barcode.
An extendable cylinder, comprising:
- a cylinder rod;
- a cylinder body configured to house the cylinder rod, the cylinder rod being extendable relative to the cylinder body;
- a barcode formed onto the outer surface of the rod, the barcode including at least one line that is formed of a series of individual markings;
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- a cylinder seal in direct contact with the shaft and configured to seal about the shaft over the barcode, wherein the markings have a spanning distance and wherein the distance between the first row and the second row is substantially equal to the spanning distance of the markings.
A method of forming a line of a bar code on a base material comprising:
- irradiating a surface of the base material with a laser to develop a first series of markings in a first row;
- and
- irradiating a surface of the base material with a laser to develop a second series of markings in a second row, the second row being disposed adjacent the first row, wherein the markings of the second row are offset from the markings in the first rows, wherein the markings of the second row are offset from the markings in the first row by distance equal to or less than a spanning distance across the markings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.