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US 3,993,356 AGranted
Track carrying wheels for crawler type vehicles having improved panel assemblies
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorsEugene R. Groff, Paul L. Wright
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Abstract
A wheel for carrying continuous track of crawler type vehicles has a set of spaced pairs of inner and outer panel members that are connected together through vibration barriers. One of the inner or outer panels is formed of a laminate.
Claims8
A wheel for carrying continuous track of a crawler type vehicle, comprising:
- a hub member;
- a rim;
- first and second spaced inner panels connecting the hub to the rim;
- first and second outer panels each spaced from a respective inner panel, one of said pair of inner panels and said pair of outer panels being a laminate formed of at least first and second different materials;
- means for connecting the outer panels to the inner panels at locations immediately adjacent only the hub;
- a pair of first vibration damping elements, each element being positioned between respective inner and outer panels adjacent the hub;
- and
- a pair of second vibration damping elements, each element being positioned between respective inner and outer panels adjacent the rim.
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A wheel for carrying continuous track of a crawler type vehicle, comprising:
- a hub member;
- a rim;
- first and second spaced inner panels connecting the hub to the rim;
- first and second outer panels each spaced outwardly from a respective inner panel and being of a laminate formed of at least first and second different materials;
- means for connecting the outer panels to the hub;
- means for connecting the outer panels to the inner panels at locations immediately adjacent the rim;
- and
- connecting means for damping vibrations and connecting middle portions of the outer panels to middle portions of respective inner panels, said vibration damping connecting means forming a viscoelastic barrier between respective inner and outer panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.