Patent · US Expired

Crawler belt for crawler motor vehicle

US5632537A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
7References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 22, 1994
Grant dateMay 27, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D55/26
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A crawler belt for use on a crawler motor vehicle has an elongate belt body drivable in a predetermined direction, and a plurality of ridges mounted on a ground contact side of the belt body, each of the ridges having at least one sipe defined in a free end thereof for allowing the ridge to be flexibly deformable in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction. Each of the ridges has a plurality of sipes defined therein and extending longitudinally thereof or substantially perpendicularly to the predetermined direction. The ridges comprise a plurality of chevron-shaped ridges pointing toward the predetermined direction and succesively arranged at predetermined spaced intervals in the predetermined direction. The ridges are divided into a plurality of groups each including a plurality of ridges by grooves extending transversely of the belt body, and divided into a plurality of segments by at least one longitudinal groove extending longitudinally of the belt body.

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