Wheel substitutes for land vehicles – Tracks or treads – With guide means for interfitting with sprocket wheel or roller
Reexamination Certificate
2008-12-18
2011-12-06
Stormer, Russell D (Department: 3617)
Wheel substitutes for land vehicles
Tracks or treads
With guide means for interfitting with sprocket wheel or roller
C305S199000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08070240
ABSTRACT:
A sprocket assembly for a track-type machine comprises a plurality of teeth, radially-disposed about a center of the sprocket assembly, each of the plurality of teeth comprising opposing tooth flanks, wherein successive pairs of teeth defines a substantially concave channel for receiving therein a cylindrical pin member associated with a track link member of a continuous track chain, each tooth flank having a tooth angle less than about 17 degrees.
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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) International Search Report, Jun. 29, 2010.
Angot Daniel Marcel Désiré
Kuppannan Selvaraj
Schaefer David Francis
Zheng Jian-ping
Caterpillar Inc.
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Stormer Russell D
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