Work vehicle with mounting system for differently sized wheels
AssigneeCNH Industrial Belgium N.V.
InventorPatrick Piens
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Abstract
A mounting system for a work vehicle includes: an axle; a final drive coupled to the axle and configured to rotate a wheel mounted to the final drive; and a pivot plate coupling the final drive to the axle. The pivot plate includes a first arrangement of plate mounting features and a second arrangement of plate mounting features that differs from the first arrangement of plate mounting features, the final drive including at least one set of drive mounting features and being rotatable from a first orientation where the at least one set of drive mounting features is aligned with the first arrangement of plate mounting features to a second orientation where the at least one set of drive mounting features is aligned with the second arrangement of plate mounting features.
Claims19
A mounting system for a work vehicle, said mounting system comprising:
- an axle;
- a final drive coupled to the axle and configured to rotate a wheel mounted to the final drive;
- and
- a pivot plate coupling the final drive to the axle, wherein the pivot plate comprises a first arrangement of plate mounting features and a second arrangement of plate mounting features that differs from the first arrangement of plate mounting features,
- the final drive comprising at least one set of drive mounting features and being rotatable from a first orientation where the at least one set of drive mounting features is aligned with the first arrangement of plate mounting features to a second orientation where the at least one set of drive mounting features is aligned with the second arrangement of plate mounting features.
A method for successively mounting a first wheel and a second wheel to a work vehicle, said work vehicle comprising an axle, a final drive coupled to the axle and configured to rotate either the first wheel or the second wheel that is mounted to the final drive, and a pivot plate coupling the final drive to the axle, wherein the final drive comprises at least one set of drive mounting features, and wherein the pivot plate comprises a first arrangement of plate mounting features and a second arrangement of plate mounting features that differs from the first arrangement of plate mounting features, said method comprising:
- coupling the at least one set of drive mounting features to the first arrangement of plate mounting features while the final drive is in a first orientation;
- mounting the first wheel to the final drive, the first wheel defining a first diameter;
- dismounting the first wheel from the final drive;
- uncoupling the at least one set of drive mounting features from the first arrangement of plate mounting features;
- rotating the final drive to a second orientation that differs from the first orientation;
- coupling the at least one set of drive mounting features to the second arrangement of plate mounting features while the final drive is in the second orientation;
- and
- mounting the second wheel to the final drive, the second wheel defining a second diameter that differs from the first diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.