A track assembly (200) mounted to a rotating wheel drive (106) of a vehicle (100) that includes a frame (206) with inboard and outboard frame members (292,294) having a center gap (300) between them. A bearing housing (306) is mounted to the outboard frame member (294). A hub adaptor (202) has a peripheral wall (226) forming a hollow interior (232) that receives the wheel drive. Separate annular flanges (236,246) are connected to and extend away from inner and outer surfaces (238,248) of the peripheral wall (226) and connect to the wheel drive (106) and a sprocket (204) surrounding the hub adaptor(202). As the hub adaptor (202) rotates within the bearing housing (306), the sprocket (204) rotates within the center gap (300) of the frame (206). Idlers (218) are rotatably connected to opposed ends of the frame (206). An endless track (214) is routed over the sprocket (204) and around the idlers (218). The endless track (214) engages with and is driven by rotation of the sprocket (204) in order to circulate the track (214) about the frame (206) in a generally triangular path.
WHEEL-TO-TRACK CONVERSION SYSTEM
RAD-SCHIENE-UMBAUSYSTEM
SYSTÈME DE CONVERSION ROUE-RAIL
2022-10-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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