Motor vehicles – Special driving device – Portable track
Patent
1987-12-22
1989-11-21
Hill, Mitchell J.
Motor vehicles
Special driving device
Portable track
180 954, 180 18A, B62D 506, B62D 512
Patent
active
048816094
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle capable of high speed operation over rough terrain has a suspension system including an elevated drive wheel, a front idler wheel, and a rear idler wheel with an elastomeric drive belt entrained therearound. The drive belt is driven by friction, and the suspension system includes a front suspension strut device having a recoil mechanism and a resilient front strut that resiliently biases the front idler wheel forwardly and downwardly. A braking device is in a protected location within side portions of the front idler wheel and reacts against the front suspension strut device to brake the vehicle. Such braking reaction minimizes the reduction of frictional engagement between the drive wheel and the drive belt due to the reaction of the drive belt against the recoil mechanism when traveling forwardly.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2462873 (1949-03-01), Knox
patent: 2504128 (1950-04-01), Jacobson et al.
patent: 3063510 (1962-11-01), Hunger
patent: 3216520 (1965-11-01), Blonsky
patent: 3254738 (1966-06-01), Larsen
patent: 3289779 (1966-12-01), Feucht
patent: 3460645 (1969-08-01), Brown et al.
patent: 3511327 (1970-05-01), Schlor
patent: 3580345 (1971-05-01), Brown
patent: 3688858 (1972-09-01), Jespersen
patent: 3758129 (1973-09-01), Ishikawa et al.
patent: 3774708 (1973-11-01), Purcell et al.
patent: 3826325 (1974-07-01), Purcell et al.
patent: 3941221 (1976-03-01), Pringle
patent: 3994352 (1976-11-01), Siorek
patent: 4418775 (1983-12-01), Leroux
patent: 4681177 (1987-07-01), Zborowski
Farris Robert R.
Purcell Robert J.
Caterpillar Inc.
Hill Mitchell J.
Lanchantin, Jr. Charles E.
LandOfFree
Suspension mechanism for a track-type vehicle does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Suspension mechanism for a track-type vehicle, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Suspension mechanism for a track-type vehicle will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1421313