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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7052424 | Cantilever tooth sprocket A drive sprocket assembly for driving an endless chain assembly for propelling a machine has a hub portion and flexible cantilever teeth in which each tooth is separately deflectable upon impact by a bushing of the endless chain assembly. The flexibility of each too... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6497460 | Suspension and drive mechanism for a multi-surface vehicle A tracked vehicle produces a pressure no more than 3 psi on the ground by increasing the number of contact points on the inner surface of the track. The stiffness of the track is also selected to minimize bowing between the idler wheels or rollers. The tr... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6102487 | Temperature and time control of electrical heating device In a method for temperature and time control of electrical heating devices installed at an end user to optimize energy consumption and energy costs, where a dedicated control system is employed for the control, a local control unit is connected to an elec... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6081419 | Protection device for an electronic instrument and method A protection device for an electronic instrument having a power supply, a power cord for attachment to the power supply, and an interlock member being movable between a first position preventing attachment of the power cord to the power supply, and a seco... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5393134 | Fastening plate for sprocket segments A plurality of fastening plates are used to securely connect a plurality of teeth segments to a support member to form a sprocket wheel. Each of the fastening plates has a plurality of threaded through holes and a plurality of threaded fasteners engage th... | 02/28/1995 |
| 4982990 | Rail wheel In order to attain a cost-effective manufacturing, suitable for large-scale production, in the case of a rail wheel, and, at the same time, a high degree of structural strength, whereby the wheel disk, which rigidly joins the wheel hub (4) with the wheel ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4818041 | Idler wheel assembly for track-type vehicle An idler wheel assembly for a track-type vehicle has a hub member and a plurality of replaceable wear segments positioned around the circumference of the hub. A plurality of U-shaped grooves in the circumferential surface of the hub receive resilient mean... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4798418 | Vehicle wheel The vehicle wheel comprises a rim containing an external closed ring and an internal rim ring composed of three segments and connected to a segmentally separated or segment-shaped divided disc. The beads of the pneumatic tire lie in grooves disposed betwe... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4757868 | Disassemblable vehicle for attachment to a powered, steerable front wheel and components for rigidly holding the vehicle in assembled condition A demountable sulky, which may be readily coupled and uncoupled to a steerable, motor-driven front wheel assembly, incorporates a T-bar which is disengageably latched at its front end to the front wheel assembly and disengageably latched to separate wheel... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4401144 | Wheel rims for pneumatic tires An assembly comprising a wheel rim and an annular safety support member mounted on the rim portion between the rim bead seats and extending radially outwards beyond the rim bead retaining flanges to support a tire mounted on the rim when in a deflated con... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4302872 | Method of making wheels, pulleys and tumblers Used and/or scrap pneumatic tires may be used for making wheels and pulleys for low speed, low load and low cost applications, the bead of the tires being utilized as the means mounting the tire, the bead being deformed to a generally polygonal shape. Whe... | 12/01/1981 |
| 3937528 | Segmented and cushioned idler for track-type vehicles and method for repairing same A track-type vehicle, such as a crawler tractor, comprises a pair of endless tracks mounted on either side thereof. Each of the tracks is entrained over a drive sprocket at its rearward end and over an idler at its forward end. The idler comprises a hub h... | 02/10/1976 |
