US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Dec. 23 for "Tooth geometry for headstock gear for feed system of a shearer loader" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,063, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Tooth geometry for headstock gear for feed system of a shearer loader" was invented by Tobias Lindenbaum (Luenen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure pertains to a headstock gear for a feed system of a shearer loader, comprising a plurality of teeth, each tooth having a tooth geometry. Accordingly, for each tooth, the tooth geometry consists of two symmetric S-shaped tooth profiles which are arranged line symmetrically regarding a radius line, as seen from a view along an axis of rotation. Furthermore, the present disclosure pertains t...