Lightweight wear ring
AssigneeGse Technologies, LLC
InventorsGlen Raymond Simula, Steven John Tarnowski
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Abstract
A segmented wear ring 40 for a tracked vehicle 10 road wheel 22 that cooperates with a track guide 32. The segmented wear ring 40 has at least two wear ring segments 42, and each of the wear ring segments 42 have a wear surface 50. The wear ring segments 42 are attached to a tracked vehicle wheel 22 such that the wear surfaces of each of the wear ring segments 42 form a substantially uninterrupted wear surface 50 designed to cooperate with a track guide 32.
Claims18
A wear ring system for a tracked vehicle with a plurality of wheels and one or more tracks that cooperate with the plurality of wheels, the system comprising:
- a plurality of wheels with each wheel having a radial face;
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- a wear ring associated with at least one of the plurality of wheels, the wear ring including two or more wear ring segments, the two or more wear ring segments being deployed around a common axis, each of the two or more wear ring segments having a proximal end and a distal end,
- at least some of the two or more wear ring segments being attached to the radial face of at least one of the plurality of wheels such that the proximal end of at least one wear ring segment is juxtaposed to the distal end of at least one adjacent wear ring segment so as to form a wear ring with a substantially uninterrupted wear surface.
A wear ring system for a tracked vehicle with a plurality of wheels and a track that cooperates with the plurality of wheels, the system comprising:
- a track guide extending from a track;
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- a plurality of wheels with a radial face, wherein at least two of the plurality of wheels are adjoined and rotating about a common axis with the opposing radial faces of the at least two wheels define a track guide channel for directing the track guide;
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- a wear ring associated with at least one of the plurality of wheels, the wear ring including two or more wear ring segments each having a proximal end and a distal end, the wear ring segments being deployed around a common axis and attached to the radial face of at least one wheel, such that the proximal end of at least one of the two or more wear ring segments is juxtaposed to the distal end of at least one adjacent wear ring segment so as to form a wear ring with a substantially uninterrupted wear surface.
A segmented wear ring for a tracked vehicle wheel cooperating with a track guide, the segmented wear ring comprising:
- at least two wear ring segments, each of the at least two wear ring segments having a wear surface,
- wherein the at least two wear ring segments are attached to a radial surface of a tracked vehicle wheel such that the wear surfaces of each of the at least two wear ring segments form a substantially uninterrupted wear surface designed to cooperate with a track guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.