IP Library Granted Patent US 7,303,352
Granted Patent B2
US 7,303,352 · App. 11/548,929 · Granted Dec 4, 2007

Connection device

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Patent No.
US 7,303,352
App. No.
11/548,929
Granted
Dec 4, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connection device for a plow installation, the device including a connection bracket having a basic body operable for attachment to a channel or guide section of the plow installation. A joint socket in the basic body includes a socket portion operable to receive a joint head of a boom cylinder. First and second legs are arranged in parallel and separated by a predetermined distance, with each leg including an inside portion and an outside portion. First and second supporting webs are located on the outside portions of the first and second legs, respectively. First and second bolt holes are located in the first and second legs, respectively, with a diameter of each bolt hole increasing from the inside portion of each leg to the outside portion. A joint bolt is located in the first and second bolt holes, and a clamping piece is located in each bolt hole.

Claims (37)

1. A connection device for a plow installation with boom controls for controlling a cutting horizon of a plow, the connection device comprising:

a multipart connection bracket including a basic body, the basic body being operable for attachment to one of a channel section or a guide section of the plow installation;

a joint socket located in the basic body, the joint socket including a socket portion and being operable to receive a joint head of a boom cylinder;

a first leg including an inside portion and an outside portion;

a second leg including an inside portion and an outside portion, the second leg being arranged parallel to the first leg and separated from the first leg by a predetermined distance;

a first bolt hole located in the first leg;

a second bolt hole located in the second leg;

a joint bolt located in the first bolt hole and the second bolt hole, the joint bolt operable for cooperation with a head part of a boom arm;

a first laterally-projecting supporting web located on the outside portion of the first leg;

a second laterally-projecting supporting web located on the outside portion of the second leg;

a first clamping piece located in the first bolt hole; and

a second clamping piece located in the second bolt hole, wherein

a diameter of the first bolt hole increases from the inside portion of each of the first leg to the outside portion of the first leg; and

a diameter of the second bolt hole increases from the inside portion of each of the second leg to the outside portion of the second leg.

2. The connection device of claim 1 , wherein

a height of each of the first supporting web and the second supporting web is at least equal to a distance from an edge of the first bolt hole and the second bolt hole to a bottom edge of the respective leg.

3. The connection device of claim 1 , wherein

the basic body includes a closed rear wall extending from an edge of the first supporting web and the second supporting web at least to a height of the socket portion.

4. The connection device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first and second clamping pieces includes at least one bush; and

the at least one bush includes a conical outer circumference and a conical bore.

5. The connection device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first and second clamping pieces includes at least one bush having a longitudinal slot.

6. Connection device of claim 5 , wherein

the at least one bush includes an inwardly-projecting annular web located on an outer portion of the at least one bush.

7. The connection device of claim 1 , wherein

the joint bolt includes two ends; and

each of the two ends of the joint bolt include a threaded stem.

8. The connection device of claim 7 , wherein

each of the threaded stems includes a step.

9. The connection device of claim 1 , wherein

the joint bolt includes a middle portion; and

the middle portion includes a convex contour.

10. The connection device of claim 9 , wherein the joint bolt further includes two end portions; and

each end portion tapers conically from the middle portion.

11. The connection device of claim 1 , wherein

the inside portion of each of the first and second supporting leg includes an angled bevel surface, the angled bevel surface being located between the respective bolt hole and an outside edge of each respective supporting leg.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 30, 2014
From: BUCYRUS EUROPE GMBH
To: CATERPILLAR GLOBAL MINING EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 032790/0370 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2014
From: BUCYRUS DBT EUROPE GMBH
To: BUCYRUS EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 032773/0454 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 24, 2014
From: DBT GMBH
To: BUCYRUS DBT EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 032759/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2007
From: BETTERMANN, DIEDRICH; DUHNKE, KLAUS; HESSE, NORBERT; SIEPENKORT, GERHARD; KLABISCH, ADAM
To: DBT GMBH
Reel/Frame 018819/0168 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2007
From: BETTERMANN, DIEDRICH; DUHNKE, KLAUS; HESSE, NORBERT; SIEPENKORT, GERHARD; KLABISCH, ADAM
To: DBT GMBH
Reel/Frame 018819/0664 →