US3188150A - Endless track structure - Google Patents

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US3188150A
US3188150A US181844A US18184462A US3188150A US 3188150 A US3188150 A US 3188150A US 181844 A US181844 A US 181844A US 18184462 A US18184462 A US 18184462A US 3188150 A US3188150 A US 3188150A
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    • C07D231/28—Two oxygen or sulfur atoms
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D55/00—Endless track vehicles
    • B62D55/08—Endless track units; Parts thereof
    • B62D55/18—Tracks
    • B62D55/20—Tracks of articulated type, e.g. chains
    • B62D55/205—Connections between track links
    • B62D55/21—Links connected by transverse pivot pins
    • B62D55/211—Bitubular chain links assembled by pins and double connectors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D55/00—Endless track vehicles
    • B62D55/08—Endless track units; Parts thereof
    • B62D55/18—Tracks
    • B62D55/26—Ground engaging parts or elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D55/00—Endless track vehicles
    • B62D55/08—Endless track units; Parts thereof
    • B62D55/18—Tracks
    • B62D55/26—Ground engaging parts or elements
    • B62D55/275—Ground engaging parts or elements with street plate, i.e. means to prevent tread from cutting into road surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D55/00—Endless track vehicles
    • B62D55/08—Endless track units; Parts thereof
    • B62D55/18—Tracks
    • B62D55/26—Ground engaging parts or elements
    • B62D55/28—Ground engaging parts or elements detachable
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
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  • This invention is concerned with endless tracks for cross-country vehicles, in particular for tanks, having links connected with each other by articulated joints and presenting profiled supporting surfaces made from rubber.
  • Endless tracks of this type are well-known in the art. It'is also well-known in the art that the supporting surfaces of the individual links of the endless track have the shape of ribs or bridges positioned transversely or obliquely with regard to the direction of travel, or which may have the profile of a truncated arrow or Vsshape. Endless tracks the links of which have supporting surfaces profiled in the manner mentioned above have the disadvantage of too little road holding ability.
  • the extent of the longitudinal and the transverse ribs is preferably the same longitudinally of the direction of the track and which may be so positioned transversely of the track that the transverse ribs fill the gap formed between the two preceding and the succeeding longitudinal ribs in a manner to bridge the distance existing between two longitudinal ribs.
  • a special advantage can be obtained by making the transverse ribs of cruciform construction with the shorter transverse bar of the cross, disposed in the longitudinal direction of the track. 7
  • each individual link of the track may be arranged longitudinally of the endless track on the one side of the central plane of the track and transversely to the track on the other sideof said central plane.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 shows in simplified schematic representation viewed from below, one embodiment of an endless track conceived and constructed according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a section taken along line V-V in FIG. 1
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of FIG. 3.
  • Numeral 1' designates four successive track links of an endless track, each of which may either consist of two partial link bodies according to FIGS. 1 and 2 or of only one link body extending continuously over the entire width of the track according to FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the successive one or two-part track links 1 are connected with each other articulated joints formed by pivot joint rods 2 and their connecting pieces 3 and provided with central track guide teeth 4 engaging the travelling wheels of the tank.
  • Said teeth 4 are arranged in the central plane EE of the endless track and fixed by clamp ing on the pivot joint rods 2 with the two-part track links (FIGS. 1, 2 and 5), or are mounted shear and torsion resistant directly on the track links with one-part links 1 (FIGS. 3, 4 and 6).
  • the first, third, fifth, etc. link of the successive track links 1 is provided on both sides of the vertical central plane E E of the endless track with two ribs or bridge-like profiles 5 which are positioned in spaced relationship to each other and in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the endless track, while each second, fourth, sixth, etc. track link 1 arranged. between said first, third, fifth, etc. links has one central supporting surface 6 on both sides of the vertical central plane EE of the endless track.
  • These supporting surfaces 6 are of rectangular shape and of a width which approximately corresponds to the distance between the longitudinal ribs 5 of the adjacent track links 1, and the length of said supporting surfaces 6 in longitudinal direction of the track corresponds to that of the ribs 5.
  • the supporting surfaces 6' positioned transversely to the endless track and arranged from one link to the other in alternating succession with the longitudinal supporting surfaces 5, are of cruciform shape, and are so positioned with respect to the longitudinal ribs 5 that the shorter axis of the cross lies in the center of the longitudinal ribs 5 in the direction of the endless trackand that the longer axis of the cross is disposed transversely of the endless track.
  • each of the successive track links 1 While in the two embodiments according to FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 the profiles 5, 5 and 6, 6 or 6, 6, respectively, of the supporting surfaces of each of the successive track links 1 are symmetric with respect to the vertical central plane E'r-E of the endless track, the profiles 5, 6 or 5, 6', respectively, in the embodiment according to FIGS. 3, 4 and 6 is asymmetric with respect to said central plane EE inasmuch as each'individual track link 1 has a supporting surface'in the form oftwo longitudinal ribs 5 on one side of said central plane EE and one supporting surface 6 of rectangular shape (FIG. 3) or one cruciform supporting surface 6 (FIG. 4) on the other side of said central plane EE.
  • FIGS. 3 The embodiments according to FIGS.
  • An endless track for cross-country vehicles, particularly tanks said track com-prising links presenting profiled supporting surfaces, said links being interconnected at adjacent ends thereof to form articulated joints, and said supporting surfaces of alternating links being of different shapes and being arranged on both sides of a vertical center plane and alternating on each side of said center plane from link to link longitudinally of said endless track, said surfaces on each side being defined by widely spaced pairs of elongated narrow supporting surface ribs on one said link laterally of said track alternating with one transverse supporting surface rib on an adjacent said link presenting a supporting surface corresponding substantially to the area of the free space intermediate said elongated ribs and substantially of the same extent longitudinally of said track .as said elongated ribs.
  • An endless track for cross-country vehicles, particularly tanks said track comprising links presenting profiled supporting surfaces, said links being interconnected at adjacent ends thereof to form articulated joints, and said supporting surfaces of alternating links being of different shapes and being arranged on both sides of a vertic-al center plane and alternating on each side of said center plane from link to link longitudinally of said endless track, said surfaces on each side being defined by widely spaced pairs of elongated narrow supporting surface ribs on one said link laterally of said track alternating with one transverse supporting surface rib on an adjacent said link presenting a supporting surface corresponding substantially to the area of the free space intermediate said elongated ribs and substantially of the same extent longitudinally of said track as said elongated ribs, and said transverse ribs being disposed in an area corresponding substantially to the gap defined between the elongated ribs on adjacent said links.
  • An endless track for cross-country vehicles, particularly tanks said track comprising links presenting protfiled supporting surfaces, said links being interconnected at adjacent ends thereof to form articulated joints, and said supporting surfaces of alternating links being of different shapes and being arranged on both sides of a vertical center plane and alternating on each side of said center plane from link to link longitudinally of said endless track, said surfaces on each side being defined by widely spaced pairs of elongated narrow supporting surface ribs on one said link laterally of said track alternating with one transverse supporting surface rib on an adjacent said link presenting a supporting surface corresponding substantially to the area of the free space intermediate said elongated ribs, said transverse ribs being disposed in an area corresponding substantially to the gap defined between the elongated ribs on adjacent said links, and said elongated ribs and said transverse ribs having the same extent longitudinally of said track.
  • An endless track for cross-country vehicles, particularly tanks said track comprising links presenting profiled supporting surfaces, said links being interconnected at adjacent ends thereof to form articulated joints, and said supporting surfaces of alternating links being of d j different shapes and being arranged on both sides of a vertical center plane and alternating on each side of said center plane from link to link longitudinally of said endless track, said surfaces on each side being defined by widely spaced pairs of elongated narrow supporting surface ribs on one said link laterally of said track alternating With one transverse supporting surface rib on an adjacent said link presenting a supporting surface correspending substantially to the area of the free space intermediate said elongated ribs, said transverse ribs being disposed in an area corresponding substantially to the gap defined between the elongated ribs on adjacent said links, said elongated ribs and said transverse ribs having the same extent longitudinally of said track, said transverse surface .ribs being of rectangular shape and of a width corresponding substantially to the distance between said pair of elongatedrib
  • An endless track for cross-country vehicles, particularly tanks comprising links presenting profiled supporting surfaces,said links being interconnected at adjacent ends thereof to form articulated joints, and said supporting surfaces of alternating links being of different shapes and being arranged on both sides of a vertical center plane and alternating on each side of said center plane from link to link longitudinally of said endless track, said surfaces on each side being defined by widely spaced pairs of elongated narrow supporting surface ribs on one said link laterally of sa d track alternating with one transverse supporting surface rib on an adjacent said link presenting a sup orting surface corre sponding substantially to the :area of the free space intermediate said elongated ribs, said elongated ribs and said transverse ribs having the same extent longitudinally of said track, and said transverse supporting surface ribs having a cruciform shape.
  • An endless track for cross-country vehicles, particularly tanks said track comprising links presenting profiled supporting surfaces, said links being interconnected at adjacent ends thereof to form articulated joints, and said supporting surfaces of alternating links being of different shapes and being arranged on both sides of a vertical center plane and alternating on each side of said center plane from link to link longitudinally of said endless track, said surfaces on each side being defined by Widely spaced pairs of elongated narrow supporting surface ribs on one said link laterally of said track alternating with one transverse supporting surface rib on an adjacent said link presenting a supporting surface corresponding substantially to the area of the free space intermediate said elongated ribs, said elongated ribs and said transverse ribs having the same extent longitudinally of said track, said transverse supporting surface ribs having a cruciform shape, and having short cross arms extending longitudinally of said track.
  • An endless track for cross-country vehicles, particularly tanks said track comprising links presenting profiled supporting surfaces, said links being interconnected at adjacent ends thereof to form articulated join-ts, and said supporting surfaces of alternating links being, of different shapes and being arranged on both sides of a vertical center plane and alternating on each side of said center plane from link to link longitudinally of said endless track, said surfaces on each side being defined by widely spaced pairs of elongated narrow supporting surface ribs on'one said link laterally of said track alternating with one transverse supporting surface rib on an adjacent said link presenting a supporting surface corresponing substantially to the area of the free space intermediate said elongated ribs, said transverse ribs being disposed in a gap defined between the longitudinal ribs on adjacent said links, and longitudinal ribs and said transverse ribs having the same extent longitudinally of said track, said transverse surface ribs being of rectangular shape and of a Width corresponding substantially to the distance between said pair of elongated ribs, and said transverse rib
  • transverse supporting surface ribs having a cruciform shape and a Width corresponding substantially to the distance between the outer confines of said pairs of elongated ribs.

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