Patent ID: 11958551
Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A cartridge pin assembly comprising:
a pin including a cylindrical surface, a cylindrical axis, a radial direction and a circumferential direction, and an end portion, and an annular frustoconical groove formed on the cylindrical surface adjacent to the end portion that extends 360 degrees along the circumferential direction; and
an end collar that extends circumferentially 360 degrees about the annular frustoconical groove, and axially covers the annular frustoconical groove;
wherein the end collar is deformed such that a deformed amount of material is continuously swaged into the annular frustoconical groove of the pin, the deformed amount of material of the end collar mechanically locking at least 290 degrees, as measured along the circumferential direction of the pin within the end collar.