US 11,970,844 B2
Corner segment and corner shroud having a curved portion for a work implement
Nathan R Bjerke, Peoria, IL (US); and Thomas M. Congdon, Dunlap, IL (US)
Assigned to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,015.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,928, filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332568 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. E02F 9/28 (2006.01); E02F 3/40 (2006.01); E02F 3/815 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/2883 (2013.01) [E02F 3/40 (2013.01); E02F 3/8152 (2013.01); E02F 3/8157 (2013.01); E02F 9/28 (2013.01); E02F 9/2858 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A corner shroud comprising a body that includes:
a floor portion having a floor rear surface, a floor inner surface, a floor lower surface, and a floor upper surface having a curved portion;
a side portion, extending from the floor portion, and having a side outer surface, a side rear surface, a side inner surface, and a side upper surface;
a front portion extending between the floor portion and the side portion, the front portion having a front surface, a front inner surface, and a front rear surface;
a top portion extending from the front portion, the top portion having a top upper surface, a top inner surface, a top lower surface, a top rear surface, and a top outer surface; and
a contact pad forming a raised surface on the curved portion, the contact pad having a first edge on the curved portion and a second edge on the curved portion,
wherein the floor upper surface, the side inner surface, the front rear surface, the top lower surface, and the top inner surface define a recess, and a radius of curvature of the curved portion varies from an inner end of the curved portion, closest to the floor inner surface, to an outer end of the curved portion, closest to the side inner surface.