Tracked vehicle with adjustable track spacing
AssigneeCamso Inc.
InventorsDewaine Kautsch, Jonathan Lauzier, Michel Deslauriers
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Abstract
Track systems for traction of a vehicle in which a spacing of laterally-adjacent ones of the track systems in a widthwise direction of the vehicle is adjustable. This may facilitate use of the vehicle in different conditions (e.g., in different field configurations, such as in different configurations of row crops, where the vehicle is an agricultural vehicle). For instance, the spacing of the laterally-adjacent ones of the track systems may be adjustable while the laterally-adjacent ones of the track systems are connected to a powertrain of the vehicle and/or without requiring use of additional parts (e.g. spacers).
Claims24
-17. (canceled)
A vehicle comprising a frame, a powertrain, and a plurality of track systems for traction of the vehicle, a first one of the track systems being mounted on a first side of the vehicle and a second one of the track systems being mounted on a second side of the vehicle, each track system comprising:
- a track;
- and
- a track-engaging assembly for driving and guiding the track around the track-engaging assembly, the track-engaging assembly comprising:
- a drive wheel for driving the track when an axle of the vehicle rotates;
- a plurality of idler wheels for guiding the track, including:
- a leading idler wheel and a trailing idler wheel spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the track system;
- and
- a plurality of roller wheels between the leading idler wheel and the trailing idler wheel in the longitudinal direction of the track system;
- and
- a frame supporting the idler wheels;
- the drive wheel being supportable by a transmission mountable between the drive wheel and the axle of the vehicle;
- wherein:
- a spacing of the first one of the track systems and the second one of the track systems in a widthwise direction of the vehicle is adjustable;
- and the transmission remains fixed in the widthwise direction of the vehicle while the spacing of the first one of the track systems and the second one of the track systems in the widthwise direction of the vehicle is adjusted.
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A track system of a plurality of track systems for traction of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a frame and a powertrain, the track system being mountable on a first side of the vehicle, a laterally-adjacent one of the track systems being mountable on a second side of the vehicle, the track system comprising:
- a track;
- and
- a track-engaging assembly for driving and guiding the track around the track-engaging assembly, the track-engaging assembly comprising:
- a drive wheel for driving the track when an axle of the vehicle rotates;
- a plurality of idler wheels for guiding the track, including:
- a leading idler wheel and a trailing idler wheel spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the track system;
- and
- a plurality of roller wheels between the leading idler wheel and the trailing idler wheel in the longitudinal direction of the track system;
- and
- a frame supporting the idler wheels;
- a given one of the roller wheels being rotatable relative to the frame of the track system about an axis transversal to an axis of rotation of the given one of the roller wheels;
- wherein a spacing of the track system and the laterally-adjacent one of the track systems in a widthwise direction of the vehicle is adjustable.
A vehicle comprising a frame, a powertrain, and a plurality of track systems for traction of the vehicle, a first one of the track systems being mounted on a first side of the vehicle and a second one of the track systems being mounted on a second side of the vehicle, each track system comprising:
- a track;
- and
- a track-engaging assembly for driving and guiding the track around the track-engaging assembly, the track-engaging assembly comprising:
- a drive wheel for driving the track when an axle of the vehicle rotates;
- a plurality of idler wheels for guiding the track, including:
- a leading idler wheel and a trailing idler wheel spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the track system;
- and
- a plurality of roller wheels between the leading idler wheel and the trailing idler wheel in the longitudinal direction of the track system;
- and
- a frame supporting the idler wheels;
- a given of the roller wheels being rotatable relative to the frame of the track system about an axis transversal to an axis of rotation of the given one of the roller wheels;
- wherein a spacing of the first one of the track systems and the second one of the track systems in a widthwise direction of the vehicle is adjustable.
-44. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.