Wear-resistant composite track link
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorsCharles G. Massieon, Chris Robert Straesser
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Abstract
A track-type vehicle having a track made up of links with contact surfaces of high wear-resistant material engaging with the track rollers as the track is driven on the vehicle. The high wear-resistant material may be a composite alloy metallurgically bonded into a groove in the contact surface.
Claims9
In a vehicle having a track made up of a plurality of interconnected links, roller means on said vehicle over which said links of said track pass, a contact surface on each of said links engaging with said roller means as said links pass said roller means, said contact surface having a bar of hard wear-resistant material bonded in a groove formed in said link whereby said contact surface will resist wearing away due to said contact with said roller means.
A link for a track of a track-type vehicle, a roller contact surface on said link, said contact surface having a groove formed therein, a bar of hard wear-resistant material bonded in said groove whereby said contact surface will resist wear, wherein said wear-resistant material of said bar is a composite alloy of hard particles bonded into a more ductile matrix material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.