MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517095596 A) filed by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, U.S.A., on Oct. 5, for 'ultra-deep induction hardening for track pads.'
Inventor(s) include Magner, Scott Howard; Dumitru, Mircea; Loeffler, Brian Konrad; Maniruzzaman, Mohammed; Li, Yongqiang; and Jiang, Simon.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed herein is an example track pad (112) having a ground-contacting portion (202) for use in a track-based machine (100) to propel and support the machine (100) across a supporting surface. The track pad (112) may be a track pad (112)...