Agricultural Machine Having Wheels with Adjustable Camber Angle
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsXavier G.J.M Bonte, Stefan De Rycke, Peter Vanhoutte
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Abstract
An undercarriage for an agricultural machine includes a hollow axle, and a stub axle slidably received within the hollow axle. A lock arrangement locks a longitudinal position of the stub axle relative to the hollow axle. At least one shim is positioned at an outboard end of the hollow axle to adjust the distance between said stub axle and said hollow axle.
Claims29
An undercarriage for an agricultural machine, said undercarriage comprising:
- a hollow axle;
- a stub axle slidably received within said hollow axle;
- a lock arrangement for locking a longitudinal position of said stub axle relative to said hollow axle;
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- at least one adjustment device positioned at an outboard end of said hollow axle to adjust a distance between said stub axle and said hollow axle.
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An agricultural machine, comprising:
- a chassis;
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- an undercarriage mounted to said chassis, said undercarriage including:
- a hollow axle;
- a stub axle slidably received within said hollow axle;
- a lock arrangement for locking a longitudinal position of said stub axle relative to said hollow axle;
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- at least one adjustment device positioned at an outboard end of said hollow axle to adjust a distance between said stub axle and said hollow axle.
A method of adjusting an angular orientation of a wheel on an agricultural machine, comprising the steps of:
- sliding a stub axle within a hollow axle to a desired wheel stance;
- adjusting a spacing between the stub axle and the hollow axle with an adjustment device located at the outboard end of the hollow axle;
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- fixing the stub axle relative to the hollow axle at the adjusted spacing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.