Vehicle track undercarriage adjustment system
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1. An undercarriage support system for a tracked vehicle having a drive wheel with a rotational axis comprising:
- first and second elongated outwardly extending members couplable to the vehicle;
a first undercarriage bearing support couplable to the vehicle between said first and second outwardly extending members and configured to support an undercarriage;
an undercarriage bearing support member slidingly couplable to the outer ends of the two support members and having a second undercarriage bearing support configured to support an undercarriage.
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Abstract
This invention includes an undercarriage support and adjustment system for a tracked vehicle having first and second elongated outwardly extending members coupled to the vehicle, a first undercarriage bearing support coupled to the vehicle between the first and second outwardly extending members, and an undercarriage bearing support member slidingly coupled to the outer ends of the two support members and having a second undercarriage bearing support.
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19 Claims
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1. An undercarriage support system for a tracked vehicle having a drive wheel with a rotational axis comprising:
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first and second elongated outwardly extending members couplable to the vehicle;
a first undercarriage bearing support couplable to the vehicle between said first and second outwardly extending members and configured to support an undercarriage;
an undercarriage bearing support member slidingly couplable to the outer ends of the two support members and having a second undercarriage bearing support configured to support an undercarriage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An adjustable suspension system for a tracked vehicle comprising:
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a drive wheel extending from the vehicle; and
an undercarriage including a fore-and-aft extending undercarriage beam and a plurality of wheels coupled to the beam; and
a track extending around the periphery of the drive wheel and the plurality of wheels, wherein the undercarriage is adapted to be rotatably coupled to the vehicle and is adapted to be adjustably rotated about a vertical axis, wherein the drive wheel is disposed above and between two of the plurality of wheels. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of aligning a tracked suspension system having at least first and second wheels with first and second rotational axes, respectively, a drive wheel having a drive wheel axis of rotation, and an endless elastomeric track adapted to rotate about the wheels wherein the track is engaged to the drive wheel over a first wrap angle, the method including the step of:
rotating the first wheel and second wheel with respect to the drive wheel about a relative rotational axis that passes through the wrap angle when the relative rotational axis is translated to intersect the drive wheel axis of rotation and wherein the first and second rotational axes are not the same. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An adjustable suspension system for a tracked vehicle comprising:
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a drive wheel extending from the vehicle and having a drive wheel rotational axis;
an undercarriage including a fore-and-aft extending undercarriage beam and a plurality of wheels having a plurality of corresponding rotational axes coupled to the beam; and
a track extending around the periphery of the drive wheel and the plurality of wheels, wherein the undercarriage is adapted to be rotatably coupled to the vehicle and is adapted to be adjustably rotated about a vertical axis, wherein the drive wheel rotational axis is disposed above and between the plurality of corresponding rotational axes.
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19. A method of aligning a tracked suspension system having at least first and second wheels with first and second rotational axes, respectively, and an endless elastomeric track adapted to rotate about the wheels wherein the track is engaged to a first one of the wheels over a first wrap angle, the method including the step of:
rotating the first wheel and track with respect to each other about a substantially vertical relative rotational axis that transects the wrap angle when the relative rotational axis is translated to intersect the first rotational axis.
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