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Track link assembly

Granted 27 Sep 2016 · no office action yet

Assignee: Caterpillar

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Inventors: Gregory Kaufmann, Temitope Akinlua, Kevin Steiner, Timothy Thorson +4 · Examiner: Mark Goodwin · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/522,680
filed 1 Apr 2015
Publication
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US D767641
granted 27 Sep 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a track link assembly showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The uniform dashed broken lines illustrate structure or features that form no part of the claimed design.

The relatively thin shade lines represent contour, not surface ornamentation.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/28

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Offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D767641-SS127 Sep 20161 Apr 2015grantedTrack link assembly
JPJP-1555699-SS8 Aug 201630 Sep 2015grantedno title held
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-364779-SS16 Oct 20151 Oct 2015publishedTrack link assembly
CACA-164453-SS13 Sep 201624 Sep 2015grantedTrack link assembly

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