An apparatus is disclosed for connecting a drive wheel axle and a track roller frame in a tracked vehicle. The apparatus includes an arm portion for attachment to the track roller frame; a yoke comprising a pivotal connection to the arm portion about a first pivot axis; a bearing housing comprising a pivotal connection to the yoke about a second pivot axis; a bearing assembly disposed adjacent the bearing housing; and a collet separated from the bearing housing by the bearing assembly, wherein the collet is configured for affixation to the drive wheel axle. A method is disclosed for accommodating forces in a vehicle on a drive wheel axle transmitted through a track roller frame, the method including providing an apparatus connecting the drive wheel axle and the track roller frame. The method further includes pivoting portions of the apparatus relative to each other about first and second pivot axes.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    MULTI-AXIS REACTION ARM ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACKED TRACTOR


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2015-10-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



    Multi-axis reaction arm assembly for a tracked tractor

    GUSTAFSON ALAN D | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    Tractor, Tracked

    NTIS | 1971


    Caterpillars new rubber-tracked farm tractor

    Osenga,M. / Caterpillar,US | Automotive engineering | 1987



    Modularized driving assembly for tracked vehicle and tracked vehicle

    QU DAOKUI / ZOU FENGSHAN / LIU LIJUN et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access