Crawler vehicles

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1983-06-24

1986-06-24

Pekar, John A.

Motor vehicles

Special driving device

Portable track

305 25, B62D 1120, B62D 5510

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045962987

ABSTRACT:
A crawler driven vehicle is utilized in a dangerous environment and remotely controlled and operated. The crawler vehicle comprises a vehicle body, four arcuate front and rear crawler assemblies respectively attached to the bilateral sides of the vehicle body, each crawler assembly comprises a crawler formed by an endless belt and stretched over the periphery of the crawler assembly so as to exhibit arcuate surface contacting the running floor, a drive mechanism for driving the crawler assembly through a power transmission mechanism, and a steering mechanism for steering the front crawler assemblies.

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