Snowmobile track with heat transfer clips
US6431666B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D55/26
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Metallic clips are provided on the endless track of a snowmobile equipped with one or more elongated slide runners forming part of its suspension system. The clips are formed with a first portion adapted to be slidably and frictionally contacted by the slide runners during rotation of the track and with a second portion extending slightly above profiles integrally formed on the outer surface of the track so that heat generated as a result of the sliding friction of the runners on the clips is transferred directly to the snow or ice over which the snowmobile travels so as to cool the clips.
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