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TRACK ROLLER ASSEMBLY WITH A WEAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20160121945A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2014
  • Published: 05/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A track roller assembly of an undercarriage track system for a machine, the track roller assembly comprising:

  • a roller includinga body formed as a solid of revolution about a roller axis, the body includinga bore surface defining a bore extending through the body, the bore surface being a radially inner surface of the body and being a cylindrical shape, anda roller contact surface located outward from the bore surface, the roller contact surface being a surface of revolution about the roller axis, anda sensed feature protruding from the body into the bore;

    a roller shaft including a shaft body extending through the bore; and

    a sensor embedded in the shaft body, the sensor being axially aligned with the sensed feature and radially positioned to detect the sensed feature when the sensed feature rotates past the sensor.

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