US 12,385,232 B2
Adapter with thru-hole and rail
Douglas C. Serrurier, Morton, IL (US); Eric T. Sinn, Tremont, IL (US); Jason Grant Jura, Tremont, IL (US); and Corey Michael Wells, East Peoria, IL (US)
Assigned to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,793.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061737 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E02F 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/2825 (2013.01) [E02F 9/2833 (2013.01); E02F 9/2841 (2013.01); E02F 9/2858 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
an adapter including a body that defines a longitudinal axis, a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a lateral axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the vertical axis, and has a nose portion including an aperture, a first rail disposed adjacent the aperture along the longitudinal axis and a second rail, wherein the first rail and the second rail each comprise a single projection, wherein the aperture of the nose portion is a counterbore with a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion;
a wear member having an opening configured to receive the nose portion, the wear member including a first ear on a first side thereof and a second ear on a second opposing side thereof, wherein the first ear forms a first groove configured to receive the first rail therein, wherein the first ear has a thru hole therein, wherein the second ear forms a second groove configured to receive the second rail therein, and wherein the second ear has a thru hole therein;
a retaining mechanism including a sleeve and a spring that are disposed in the large diameter portion of the counterbore; and
a pin received by the thru hole of the first ear and by thru hole in the second ear and extending through the aperture of the nose portion, wherein the pin engages the spring, being disposed in the large diameter portion of the counterbore, and the small diameter portion of the counterbore;
wherein the first rail partially defines the large diameter portion of the counterbore and is engaged by the sleeve, wherein the first rail has a decreased longitudinal length as compared to a longitudinal length of the second rail;
wherein the first rail and the second rail are projections on opposing sides of the nose portion that extend laterally and vertically from the nose portion and are received in the first groove and the second groove, respectively.