There is described an undercarriage assembly for a work machine, and a work machine including said undercarriage assmbly, the undercarriage assembly comprising: a drive wheel; a front idler wheel rotatable on a front axle; a rear idler wheel rotatable on a rear axle; an endless track belt disposed about the drive and idler wheels; a plurality of mid-rollers located between the front and rear idler wheels and configured to engage the endless track belt on a lower run thereof; a track roller frame pivotably mounted on the work machine at a main pivot, the track roller frame comprising an elongate member with a front end and a rear end with the main pivot located between the front end and the rear end and the front idler wheel being connected near the front end of the track roller frame; a major bogie comprising a forward bogie arm and a trailing bogie arm, the major bogie being pivotably connected to the track roller frame at a major bogie pivot, wherein the rear idler wheel is connected to the trailing bogie arm; a minor bogie, mounted on the forward bogie arm, the minor bogie being pivotably connected to the major bogie at a minor bogie pivot, and wherein the minor bogie includes a minor bogie suspension, a minor bogie front axle, a minor bogie rear axle, the minor bogie front and rear axles being supported by the minor bogie suspension, and the said minor bogie suspension provides damping between the minor bogie front and rear axles and the minor bogie pivot.
ENDLESS TRACK SYSTEM SUSPENSION
AUFHÄNGUNG EINES ENDLOSSCHIENENSYSTEMS
SUSPENSION DE SYSTÈME DE CHENILLE
2020-05-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |