Track-propelled vehicle
OwnerNickolas T. Moore, Timothy D. Andreinventors
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Abstract
Some aspects of the present technology relate to a vehicle having a chassis and a track assembly. A drive sprocket is rotatable relative to the chassis, a driven sprocket rotatable relative to the chassis, and a track is disposed around the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket. The track is in mechanical communication with the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket and the track is configured to contact a ground surface. An implement is coupled to the chassis. A mechanical communication assembly is in operative communication with the implement, where the mechanical communication assembly extends from the driven sprocket to the implement.
Claims20
A grounds maintenance vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a track assembly comprising:
- a drive sprocket rotatable relative to the chassis;
- a driven sprocket rotatable relative to the chassis;
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- a track disposed around the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket, wherein the track is in mechanical communication with the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket and the track is configured to contact a ground surface;
- an implement coupled to the chassis;
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- a mechanical communication assembly in operative communication with the implement, wherein the mechanical communication assembly extends from the driven sprocket to the implement.
A grounds maintenance vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a track assembly comprising:
- a drive sprocket rotatable relative to the chassis;
- a first bogey wheel rotatable relative to the chassis;
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- a track disposed around the drive sprocket and the first bogey wheel, wherein the track is in mechanical communication with the drive sprocket and the first bogey wheel and the track has a ground-contact section extending longitudinally;
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- an implement coupled to the chassis, wherein the implement has a lateral line of action that is central to the ground-contact section in the longitudinal direction.
A grounds maintenance vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a ground-contacting track assembly disposed between a ground surface and the chassis comprising:
- a drive sprocket rotatable relative to the chassis;
- a first bogey wheel rotatable relative to the chassis;
- a second bogey wheel rotatable relative to the chassis, wherein the first bogey wheel and the second bogey wheel are longitudinally spaced;
- a track disposed around the drive sprocket, the first bogey wheel, and the second bogey wheel;
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- a tensioner bar having a mounting surface, a first end extending longitudinally outward from the mounting surface, and a second end extending longitudinally outward from the mounting surface, wherein the first end and the second end are longitudinally translatable relative to the mounting surface, the mounting surface is fixed to the chassis, the first bogey wheel is rotatably coupled to the first end and the second bogey wheel is rotatably coupled to the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.