Vehicle
AssigneeCNH Industrial France SAS
InventorsLaurent Le Brech, Paloma Rodriguez
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body, an actuator system, a first track assembly and a second track assembly. The first track assembly and second track assembly support the vehicle body above a substrate. The first track assembly and second track assembly each comprise a continuous drive track. An actuator system is operable to vary the distribution of track pressure along each continuous drive track to thereby adjust direction of travel of the vehicle.
Claims26
A vehicle comprising a vehicle body which extends along an x-axis, a first end of the vehicle body and a second end of the vehicle body being spaced apart from one another along the x-axis;
- the vehicle body extending along a y-axis, a first side of the vehicle body and a second side of the vehicle body spaced apart from one another along the y-axis;
- the x-axis being at a right angles to the y-axis;
- the vehicle body extending along a z-axis, the z-axis being at right angles to the x-axis and y-axis, an upper side of the vehicle body and a lower side of the vehicle body spaced apart from one another along the z-axis;
- wherein along the first side and the second side of the vehicle body there are provided a first track assembly and a second track assembly respectively, each of the first track assembly and the second track assembly being coupled to the vehicle body so as to support the vehicle body above a substrate, and each of the first track assembly and the second track assembly comprising:
- a first track support wheel and a second track support wheel spaced apart from one another along the x-axis;
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- a continuous drive track carried by the drive track support wheels;
- the continuous drive track configured for distributing a track pressure induced by a downward force of the vehicle over the area of the continuous drive track in contact with the substrate to thereby support the vehicle on the substrate
- wherein the vehicle further comprises an actuator system;
- the actuator system is operable to vary the distribution of the track pressure along the continuous drive track of the first track assembly;
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- the actuator system is operable to vary the distribution of the track pressure along the continuous drive track of the second track assembly.
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