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US 9,279,234 B1Granted
Door system for a machine
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsMatthew James Gielda, Ryan Barry Hausauer
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Abstract
A door system includes a window and a door frame. The door frame includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel includes a first outer portion and a second outer portion. The first outer portion has a first outer leg, an intermediate portion, and a second outer leg that together define a cavity. The second panel has a first inner portion, a lip portion and a second inner portion. The first inner portion is joined to the second outer portion of the first panel. The second inner portion has a first inner leg and a second inner leg that together define a seal channel wall extending within the cavity. The lip portion includes an offset portion extending in a direction opposite to that of the seal channel wall.
Claims20
A door system for a machine, the door system comprising:
- a window;
- and
- a door frame surrounding the window, the door frame including a first panel and a second panel coupled to the first panel,
- the first panel including a first outer portion and a second outer portion coupled to the first outer portion, the first outer portion having a first outer leg, an intermediate portion, and a second outer leg together defining a cavity having a U-shape with a width about a first axis, the first outer leg disposed closer in proximity to the window than the second outer leg, the second outer portion extending from the first outer leg toward the window about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis;
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- the second panel having a first inner portion, a lip portion and a second inner portion coupled to one another, the first inner portion joined to the second outer portion of the first panel at a first coupling, the first coupling extending about the second axis, the second inner portion having a first inner leg and a second inner leg together defining a seal channel wall that extends within the cavity, the first inner leg extending from the lip portion, the second inner leg coupled to the second outer leg of the first panel at a second coupling in a direction substantially about the first axis,
- wherein the lip portion includes an offset portion configured to extend away from the second axis and in a direction opposite to an extension direction of the seal channel wall.
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A door system for a machine, the door system comprising:
- a door frame including a first panel and a second panel coupled to the first panel,
- the first panel including a first outer portion and a second outer portion coupled to the first outer portion, the first outer portion having a first outer leg, an intermediate portion, and a second outer leg together defining a cavity having a U-shape with a width about a first axis, the first outer leg disposed closer in proximity to the window than the second outer leg, the second outer portion extending from the first outer leg toward the window about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis;
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- the second panel having a first inner portion, a lip portion and a second inner portion coupled to one another, the first inner portion joined to the second outer portion of the first panel at a first coupling, the first coupling extending about the second axis, the second inner portion having a first inner leg and a second inner leg together defining a seal channel wall that extends within the cavity, the first inner leg extending from the lip portion, the second inner leg coupled to the second outer leg of the first outer portion at a second coupling in a direction substantially about the first axis;
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- a latch bracket coupled to the door frame, wherein the second outer leg of the first outer portion of the first panel has two slanted sides located in the vicinity of the latch bracket, and wherein the slanted sides are converging distally from the first outer leg.
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A machine comprising:
- a cabin having a cabin frame;
- a door system coupled to the cabin frame;
- the door system comprising:
- a window;
- and
- a door frame surrounding the window, the door frame including a first panel and a second panel coupled to the first panel,
- the first panel including a first outer portion and a second outer portion coupled to the first outer portion, the first outer portion having a first outer leg, an intermediate portion, and a second outer leg together defining a cavity having a U-shape with a width about a first axis, the first outer leg disposed closer in proximity to the window than the second outer leg, the second outer portion extending from the first outer leg toward the window about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis;
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- the second panel having a first inner portion, a lip portion and a second inner portion coupled to one another, the first inner portion joined to the second outer portion of the first panel at a first coupling, the first coupling extending about the second axis, the second inner portion having a first inner leg and a second inner leg together defining a seal channel wall that extends within the cavity, the first inner leg extending from the lip portion, the second inner leg coupled to the second outer leg of the first outer portion at a second coupling in a direction substantially about the first axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.