Wheel substitutes for land vehicles – Wheel on top of upper track run
Patent
1993-06-30
1994-08-23
Stormer, Russell D.
Wheel substitutes for land vehicles
Wheel on top of upper track run
305 10, 305 29, B62D 5514, B62D 5530
Patent
active
053402057
ABSTRACT:
An active suspension system for a tracked vehicle having a main drive wheel and two idlers which are surrounded by a track. The suspension system is provided with a walking beam that is pivotally mounted to the supporting structure of a vehicle by a walking beam pivot. The beam having a first section and a second section. An angled first arm is pivotally coupled to the first section of the walking beam and to which the first idler is rotatably mounted. A second telescoping arm is pivotally mounted to the supporting structure at the walking beam pivot to which the second idler is rotatably mounted. Three track rollers are operatively coupled to the angled arm by an angled link. Two of the track rollers are rotatably mounted to a bridging member which is pivotally coupled to the first arm of the angled link. The third track roller is rotatably mounted to the second arm of the angled link.
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Deere & Company
Stormer Russell D.
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