Michael J Motyl

US Patent:

20080206584, Aug 28, 2008

Filed:

Feb 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/711718

Inventors:

James K. Jaszarowski - Washington IL, US
Ronald Wayne Conklin - Pekin IL, US
Leonard Wade Matheny - Peoria IL, US
John Warren Edenburn - Peoria IL, US
Michael Joseph Motyl - Dunlap IL, US
Kelly Brockhouse - Channahon IL, US

International Classification:

C22C 37/10

US Classification:

428544, 420 13

Abstract:

A gray cast iron alloy is disclosed. The gray cast iron alloy includes carbon from about 3.05 to about 3.40 weight percent, niobium from about 0.05 to about 0.3 weight percent, and silicon from about 1.75 to about 2.3 weight percent. The gray cast iron alloy also includes nickel less than or equal to about 0.06 weight percent.

US Patent:

20170089224, Mar 30, 2017

Filed:

Sep 29, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/869269

Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Prabhu NAGARAJ - Tirunelveli, IN
Mallikarjuna MASALA - Tamil Nadu, IN
Karen E. SNELLING - Battle Ground IN, US
Michael J. MOTYL - Dunlap IL, US

Assignee:

CATERPILLAR INC. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

F01L 1/18
F01L 1/22
F02F 7/00
F01L 1/14

Abstract:

A rocker base is disclosed for use with a valve actuation system. The rocker base may have a housing with a top, a bottom, side walls connecting the top to the bottom, and end walls disposed between the side walls. The rocker base may also have rocker arm supports located inside the housing and integrally formed with the side walls, and an injector spring pad extending from one of the end walls toward a center of the housing. The rocker base may further have a rib connecting the injector spring pad to one of the rocker arm supports.