US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 25 for "Rotating track guide components with white-iron segments" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,524, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Rotating track guide components with white-iron segments" was invented by Chandrasen Rameshlal Rathod (Peoria, Ill.), Eric James Johannsen (Washington, Ill.) and Roger L. Recker (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a rotating guide component for a track assembly includes fixing at least one wear member to an outer surface of a tubular or annular substrate. The at least one wear member includes an inner portion, and the tubular or annular substrate includes an outer portion. The inner portion is mated to the outer portion, and the w...