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Vehicle track assembly

  • US 10,259,512 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2016
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A track assembly for a vehicle, the track assembly comprising:

  • a track comprising a ground-engaging outer surface, an inner surface opposite to the ground-engaging outer surface, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge, the track including flexible material extending to the ground-engaging outer surface, the inner surface, the first lateral edge, and the second lateral edge, the track comprising a wheel-contacting projection that projects from the inner surface and comprises part of the flexible material; and

    a plurality of track-contacting wheels to guide the track around the track-contacting wheels, the flexible material of the track flexing around the track-contacting wheels, the track-contacting wheels including;

    a leading wheel and a trailing wheel spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction of the track assembly; and

    a plurality of support wheels for rolling on a lower run of the track and disposed between the leading wheel and the trailing wheel in the longitudinal direction of the track assembly, wherein;

    each support wheel is pivotable about a pivot axis transversal to a widthwise direction of the track assembly;

    a first one of the support wheels and a second one of the support wheels are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction of the track assembly and pivotable relative to one another about the pivot axis; and

    respective ones of the support wheels are spaced apart in the widthwise direction of the track by a space configured to receive the wheel-contacting projection of the track.

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