SG11201805796QA - Track for a vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization 111111110111101110101011111010111110111011101011111111111011111101111011111 International Bureau ... ..... ..Yi j (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ..... ...r .....1 WO 2017/117672 Al 13 July 2017 (13.07.2017) WI P0 I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: CUTLER, Jonathan D.; BCF LLP, 1100 Rene- B62D 55/24 (2006.01) B62D 55/26 (2006.01) Levesque Blvd West, Suite 2500, Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9 (CA). (21) International Application Number: PCT/CA2017/050006 (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (22) International Filing Date: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, 4 January 2017 (04.01.2017) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (25) Filing Language: English DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (26) Publication Language: English KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, (30) Priority Data: MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, 62/274,417 4 January 2016 (04.01.2016) US NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (71) Applicant: SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC. [CA/CA]; TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, 5450 Rue Saint-Roch, Drummondville, Quebec J2B 6W3 ZA, ZM, ZW. (CA). (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (72) Inventors: DUMOULIN, Olivier; 240, me Saint- kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, Francois, Drummondville, Quebec J2A 3V4 (CA). BED- GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, ARD, Magella; 1190, me de Prague, Drummondville, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, Quebec J2C OB7 (CA). HAMELIN, Remi; 195, me L P TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, — Brodeur, Trois-Riviere, Quebec G8W 0G4 (CA). MAR- DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, COTTE, Tommy; 1590 rue Talbot, St-Cyrille de Wen- LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, = dover, Quebec J1Z OA1 (CA). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). = = [Continued on next page] = = (54) Title: TRACK FOR = icio \"Th = A VEHICLE (57) : A track for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels for driving the track on a terrain. The track has an endless elastomeric carcass having a wheel-facing side that is = 706a = = = = 714 716 706b 704b 702 712 mountable onto the plurality of wheels, and a 7048 ground-facing side opposite the wheel-facing side. A plurality of elastomeric traction sur- faces is positioned on the ground-facing side. Each of the traction surfaces has a first shape when the track is not mounted onto the plural- ity of wheels. A of load dis- plurality primary tribution members is positioned transversely and distributed longitudinally in the carcass so , o 000000000000000fb0000000000000000 as to distribute at least parts of downward wheel forces applied by at least one of the _ wheels when the track is being driven down onto the wheel-facing side of the carcass into 2 _____JI the traction surfaces via flexion of the primary 1-1 .4 ei > j 402 load distribution members. IN > 708 710 a. IN Il Il IN Il 0 ei FIG. 7 O WO 2017/117672 Al 1#11101M011010101111101010M011110110111 01110111OR11111VOIS Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))