Wear pad for a crawler track of a tracked vehicle, crawler track and construction machine
AssigneeWirtgen GmbH
InventorsStephan Drumm, Peter Busley, Cyrus Barimani
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Abstract
In a wear pad for a crawler track (2) of a tracked vehicle, wherein the wear pad (1) comprises an outer tread surface (14), and a bottom side (16) opposite the tread surface (14) from which at least one protrusion (30) protrudes, the wear pad (1) comprises fastening means (26) for fastening to the crawler track (2), it is specified for the following features to be achieved: that the protrusion of the wear pad (1) on the bottom side (16) features a contour which extends, at least partially, at an angle deviating from the longitudinal direction (34) of the wear pad (1).
Claims23
A wear pad for a crawler track of a tracked vehicle, comprising:
- a body of elastomer wear pad material including:
- an outer tread surface;
- a bottom side opposite the tread surface;
- the body of elastomer wear pad material having a length defining a longitudinal direction, and a width perpendicular to the length;
- and
- at least one protrusion protruding from the bottom side and extending along a majority of the length of the body of elastomer wear pad material, the protrusion including a contour such that an imaginary plane parallel to the length and the width of the body of elastomer wear pad material is intersected by the contour at a line of intersection extending, at least partially, along the longitudinal direction of the wear pad at an angle deviating from the longitudinal direction of the wear pad;
- at least one reinforcing element having an upper side facing toward the outer tread surface and a lower side facing away from the outer tread surface, each of the upper and lower sides having a surface area, at least a majority of the surface area of each of the upper and lower sides of the reinforcing element being enclosed within the body of elastomer wear pad material, wherein the at least one reinforcing element is at least partially integrated in the at least one protrusion of the wear pad;
- and
- a fastener configured to fasten the wear pad to the crawler track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.