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US 2020/0377162 A1Published application
Vehicle with deployable towing wheels and suspension
AssigneeHowe & Howe Inc.
InventorsMichael Howe, Zachary Edward Sawyer, Jason Wan Xu, Cote Taylor
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Abstract
Example techniques have been presented for providing tracked vehicles with deployable towing wheels. Such techniques involve a track vehicle having a vehicle body, a track coupled to the vehicle body, and a wheel assembly coupled to the vehicle body. The wheel assembly includes a wheel and is operable to assume a towing position in which at least a portion of the wheel extends below the track and enables the tracked vehicle to be towed on the wheel without the track making ground contact.
Claims20
A tracked vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a track coupled to the vehicle body;
- a suspension assembly;
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- a wheel assembly coupled to the vehicle body via the suspension assembly, the wheel assembly including a wheel and being operable to assume a towing position in which at least a portion of the wheel extends below the track to enable the tracked vehicle to be towed on the wheel without the track making ground contact.
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A tracked vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a pair of tracks coupled to the vehicle body;
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- a plurality of wheel assemblies coupled to the vehicle body via respective suspension assemblies, the plurality of wheel assemblies including respective wheels operable to extend below the tracks to enable the tracked vehicle to be towed on the wheels without the tracks making ground contact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.