Support system for roller wheels of rubber tracked vehicle
AssigneeCase Corporation
InventorsThomas G. Lykken, Brian D. Vik, Peder L. Pederson
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Abstract
A system for supporting roller wheels from the undercarriage of a tracked vehicle having a rubber track. A beam, extending transverse to the axles of the roller wheels mounted thereon, is supported at each end by a resilient suspension element which provides resilient support in the vertical direction and limited resilience to "fore" and "aft" and rolling motion of the beam, and the roller wheels mounted thereon, with respect to the undercarriage
Claims22
In a rubber tracked vehicle having a drive wheel and an undercarriage for supporting a pair of spaced apart idler wheels, a roller wheel assembly for supporting roller wheels between the idler wheels and below the drive wheel comprising:
- a support having first and second ends, on which are supported a plurality of roller wheels disposed below the drive wheel;
- and
- a pair of suspension elements, one located at each of said first and second ends of the support for resiliently supporting the support from the undercarriage.
In a rubber tracked vehicle having a drive wheel and an undercarriage including a support beam for supporting a pair of spaced apart idler wheels, a roller wheel assembly for supporting roller wheels between the idler wheels comprising:
- a support means having first and second ends for supporting a plurality of roller wheels;
- and
- suspension elements, one located at each of said first and second ends of the support means, for resiliently supporting the support means from the support beam of the undercarriage.
In a rubber tracked vehicle having a drive wheel and an undercarriage for supporting a pair of spaced apart idler wheels, a roller wheel assembly for supporting roller wheels between the idler wheels comprising:
- a beam having first and second ends from which are supported a plurality of roller wheels;
- and
- pair of resilient suspension elements, one located at each of said first and second ends of the beam for resiliently supporting the beam from the undercarriage.
In a rubber tracked vehicle having a drive wheel and an undercarriage including a support beam for supporting a pair of spaced apart idler wheels, a roller wheel assembly for supporting roller wheels between the idler wheels comprising:
- a beam having first and second ends from which are supported a plurality of roller wheels;
- and
- a pair of resilient suspension elements, one located at each of said first and second ends of the beam for resiliently supporting the beam from the support beam of the undercarriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.