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Valve cover

Granted 1 Nov 2016 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Caterpillar Inc. · originally Caterpillar

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Inventors: Terril J. Johnson, Pravin B. Sondkar, Adrian Porojan, Andrew D. Schick +1 · Examiner: T. Chase Nelson · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/527,109
filed 15 May 2015
Publication
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US D770536
granted 1 Nov 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view of a valve cover 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; and,

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom view not being visible during ordinary use is not depicted.

The bottom view of the valve cover forms no part of the claimed design. The broken lines shown in the drawing illustrate portion of the valve cover that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/5

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Examiner
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art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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