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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Brian Pilney, West Bend, WI (US);
Blaine A. Schwalbe, Valders, WI (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A protected tread widening system for a self-propelled high clearance sprayer. The system includes a frame with side rails and a first cross member and a second cross member extending between the opposite side rails, with the cross members being substantially hollow. Each of the cross members form slider receivers. The system also includes axle slider assemblies that are telescopically inserted into the slider receivers. Additionally, actuators are mounted within the cross members. These actuators are secured to the frame and to the axle slider assemblies to allow for telescopic movement of the axle slider assemblies into and out of the cross members. The actuators run substantially through a central axis of the first cross member and a central axis of the second cross member. This minimizes the bending moment of each actuator. Additionally, this system isolates the actuators from materials outside of the cross members.