An endless rubber track belt(20)includes an endless, elongate carcass having an outer surface (22), an inner surface (26), and at least one reinforcement layer (32). The inner surface defines a plurality of wheel path areas (27) (29). A plurality of tread lugs(24)are disposed on the outer surface (22). A plurality of guide lugs (16) are disposed on the inner surface(26), where each of the plurality of guide lugs (16) includes oppositely disposed drive faces(17) (19), an upper face (21) between the drive faces (17) (19), and oppositely disposed end faces (23) (25). At least one reinforcement strip (40) (42) (44) is disposed inward from the inner surface (22) and outward from the at least one reinforcement layer (32). The at least one reinforcement strip (40) (42) (44) is positioned adjacent the plurality of wheel path areas (27) (29). The at least one reinforcement strip (40) (42) (44) may include a bias ply formed of two layers of cords arranged in opposite +/-bias angles. The +/-bias angles may range from about +/-20° to about +/-80°.
Rubber track wheel path reinforcement
2022-04-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |