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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007058 | Traction assembly with endless track having variable ground-contacting area The present invention generally provides a wheel replacing traction assembly which uses, for propulsion, a longitudinally extending endless track disposed around and cooperating with a sprocket wheel, idler and/or road wheels and a supporting frame. The endless trac... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7866767 | Traction band A traction band substantially made from elastomeric material is disclosed. The traction band comprises a main band body divided into a plurality of sections connected together along laterally extending pitch lines. The band body has an interior wheel-engaging surfac... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866766 | Light weight track for a snowmobile A ground engaging track for a vehicle has a continuous loop or endless belt body portion having an exterior surface to engage the ground and an interior surface including driven members. The driven members are configured to be engaged by a drive sprocket to rotate t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7740326 | Core-less crawler track and rubber projections therefore The present invention provides a crawler in which, due to alteration of a shape of rubber projections which mesh with a sprocket, even when earth, sand and the like has been deposited at an inner peripheral surface of the crawler, damage to the concerned rubber proj... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7712846 | Snowmobile drive track An endless drive track for a snowmobile is provided with traction lugs that are inclined relative to normal to the track base. When the traction lugs are inclined away from the direction of travel for the track, the traction lugs can compress the snow before engagin... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7695077 | Coreless rubber crawler To improve the lifespan of a rubber crawler by reducing as much as possible cracks due to bending at the time of wraparound. Bending deformation no longer becomes concentrated at a specific place because bending rigidities at the time of wraparound are not so differ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7533945 | Tread pattern for endless track A tread pattern for a vehicle track, such as an endless track for earth moving equipment, comprises a plurality of groups of tread lugs. Each group of tread lugs may comprise one or more tread lugs defining a generally “S” shape or a variation thereof. A vehicle... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7425044 | Guide horn structure for endless track of high speed multi-terrain vehicles This invention relates to endless tracks and systems used to propel track laying vehicles [i.e., vehicles which use endless tracks rather than tires to contact the terrain over which they are driven, e.g., tractors, tanks, bulldozers, etc.] and, more particularly, t... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422295 | Traction lugs for snowmobile drive track An endless drive track for a snowmobile is provided with traction lugs that are inclined relative to normal to the track base. When the traction lugs are inclined away from the direction of travel for the track, the traction lugs can compress the snow before engagin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416266 | Sprocket wheel for heavy high speed multi-terrain vehicles This invention relates to a sprocket wheel used with endless tracks used to propel heavy track laying vehicles [i.e., vehicles which use endless tracks rather than tires to contact the terrain over which they are driven, e.g., tractors, tanks, bulldozers, etc.] and,... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7367637 | Endless track for high speed multi-terrain vehicles The track design for use with a tracked vehicle includes a cantilever cut made down into the outward side of each tread just outboard of the position where the inside of the track contacts the outboard edge of the tread of the outer wheel of each pair of track-suppo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347512 | Powder snow track for snowmobile The present invention provides an endless track belt allowing an enhanced traction of a tracked vehicle over a range of surface conditions, by providing tread on the ground-engaging surface having a top part and a bottom part, the top part being flexible, whereas th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7275751 | Wear bar for snow machine ski A wear bar assembly is disclosed for aiding in the steering of a snow machine. The assembly may include a wear bar for attachment to a bottom of a snow machine ski and one or more hardened inserts, each insert extending outward from the bottom of the wear bar. The o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7229141 | Manoeuvrable traction track A one-piece track comprising, along each opposite edge thereof, regions having an accordion-type structure, which allows these regions to have a variable longitudinal length along each opposite edge of the track according to a movement of the tracked vehicle and to ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7200981 | Support wheel arrangement for agricultural working machine, and agricultural working machine provided therewith A supporting arrangement for an agricultural working machine with at least one receiving device for receiving an agricultural working device has at least one support wheel arrangeable in a region facing the agricultural working device, the at least one support wheel... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185958 | Elastic crawler An elastic crawler having a crawler body formed of a rubber elastic material into an endless belt so that rollers rotatively move on right and left side regions on an inner surface of the crawler body is provided with a reinforcement provided extending outwardly in ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182414 | Undercarriage equipped with non-steel type rubber crawler using chain action The present invention relates to an undercarriage equipped with a coreless rubber crawler in a chain drive configuration, and more particularly, to a track system undercarriage for a skid loader in which an auxiliary axle and an auxiliary sprocket are provided to so... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7131508 | Terrain conforming track assembly An endless track assembly that mounts to a wheeled vehicle. The assembly provides 1) a track suspension having fixed or adjustable, independently biased sets of idler wheels to vary the track contour without affecting track tension, 2) an eccentric bearing housing a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128378 | Coreless rubber crawler The object of the present invention is to provide a coreless rubber which ensures running stability by compensating shift (deviation) in the width direction even if prepared by combination of usual rollers, and which is easily and in low cost prepared by adoption of... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121636 | Endless track for paving vehicles A drive track is for a wheel train for mobilizing a paving vehicle upon a ground surface, the wheel train including a drive wheel and a bogie wheel. The track includes an endless body disposable about the wheel train and having a driven portion engageable by the dri... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114788 | Angled traction lugs for endless band This invention refers to the traction lugs of reinforced elastomeric endless traction bands, and more particularly to those which are used on heavy vehicles like defense vehicles or for skid steer vehicles. More specifically, the invention relates to traction lugs w... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090312 | Endless track for high speed multi-terrain vehicles This invention relates to endless tracks and systems used to propel track laying vehicles [i.e., vehicles which use endless tracks rather than tires to contact the terrain over which they are driven, e.g., tractors, tanks, bulldozers, etc.] and, more particularly, t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077485 | Rubber crawler A core-less rubber crawler has a guide protrusion protruding from an internal surface of a rubber main body in the shape of an endless belt, and the protrusion extends in the lengthwise direction of the rubber main body at the center with respect to the widthwise di... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063396 | Endless track with various hardnesses for a recreational vehicle An endless track for a recreational vehicle, such as a snowmobile on all-terrain vehicle, is formed of an endless body made of rubber material having a ground engaging side and an inner side, the outer side displaying a series of longitudinally spaced profiles exten... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048344 | Endless track for a track-propelled vehicle The ground engaging outer side of an endless track of a track-propelled vehicle displays a series of longitudinally spaced profiles which are defined by a central portion and two opposite lateral portions; the rubber material of the lateral portions of the body has ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044567 | Elastic endless crawler An elastic endless crawler including an annular belt-shaped elastic crawler body, the crawler body includes a series of driven elements for operation of the crawler and a reference plane which passes through respective centers of the drive elements and extends in a ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7018005 | Vehicle track providing enhanced steerability A vehicle track includes an endless belt. A plurality of laterally-elongated propulsive lugs and longitudinally-elongated turning lugs extend outwardly from an outer side of the endless belt. The propulsive lugs provide substantially longitudinally facing surfaces t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014279 | Elastic flat tread The present invention is an elastic flat tread which can prevent an elastic solid from cracking even if the vehicle runs on a protruding object during traveling. For this purpose, the elastic flat tread is provided with any core (1, 11, 115) of a core (1, ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6942305 | Elastic crawler An elastic crawler having a crawler body formed of a rubber elastic material into an endless belt so that rollers rotatively move on right and left side regions in an inner surface of the crawler body is provided with a reinforcement rising in a thickness direction ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942790 | Open-air filtration cleaning device for pools and hot tubs An open-air filtration device cleans swimming pools and hot tubs in an efficient, reliable manner. An open-air filter with a suction chamber unit comprises two scrubbing brushes and an impeller powered by a motor drive. Water containing debris is pumped to a level a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935708 | Track for all terrain vehicle A track for a vehicle travelling on all terrain, especially those displaying ruts, is formed of an endless longitudinal body displaying a series of longitudinally spaced drive lugs on its inner surface and a series of longitudinally spaced profiles on its outer surf... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923515 | Low noise track profile A track for a tracked vehicle, consisting of a track substrate. Terrain lugs are distributed about the circumference the track substrate on its outer surface. Drive profiles, each consisting of at least one drive lug arranged across the width of the track substrate,... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6904986 | Terrain conforming track assembly An endless track assembly that mounts to a wheeled vehicle. The assembly provides 1) a track suspension having fixed or adjustable, independently biased sets of idler wheels to vary the track contour without affecting track tension, 2) an eccentric bearing housing a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905182 | Elastic crawler An elastic crawler has a crawler body formed like an endless belt out of an elastic material, a plurality of driving projections provided on an inner circumferential surface of the crawler body with a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction thereof, and... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6869153 | Track and track assembly for a track laying vehicle A track assembly for moving a vehicle which includes a track having lugs including both drive and guide portions on its inner surface. The guide portions substantially abut against the track rollers of the assembly. Such abutment maintains alignment of the track bet... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6840588 | Non-repeating sequence of profiles This invention relates to an endless traction band that is used to propel snowmobiles and more particularly, to an improved ground-engaging side of the traction band, which helps reduce the noise and vibration levels during the operation of the snowmobile. The vario... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6799815 | Cold environment endless rubber track and vehicle containing such track The invention relates to an endless vehicular rubber track designed for extreme cold temperature working environment. The invention particularly relates to such track having a combination of tread, supporting carcass and guide lug components of rubber compositions i... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6793296 | Endless traction band with asymmetrical support This invention relates to an endless traction band that is used to propel tracked vehicles and, more particularly, to an improved traction band made from a polymer adapted to travel over a drive sprocket, a plurality of guide wheels and a tension wheel. The inner su... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6769746 | Endless two part rubber track comprised of polyurethane based tread component and rubber carcass component and vehicle containing such track The invention relates to a two part endless vehicular rubber track comprised of a polyurethane based tread component and a rubber carcass component. In one aspect, the tread component may be comprised of a sulfur curable polyurethane or blend of sulfur curable polyu... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764143 | Endless elastomeric track with corrosion resistant cables This invention relates to annular or endless elastomeric track 10 for use in vehicles for civil engineering, construction works and agricultural works. The track 10 has a thin belt 20 which includes a primary table 59 made of corrosion re... | 07/20/2004 |
