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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2018
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Gustavo Acosta, Flossmoor, IL (US);
David Jennings Hakes, Brimfield, IL (US);
Benoit Abello, Dunlap, IL (US);
Benjamin Isaac Jones, Washington, IL (US);
Jason Randall Beckerdite, Morton, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A track chain member comprising a shoe member defining a track chain traveling direction and a lateral direction, the shoe member further defining a first lateral end, a second lateral end, and a ground engaging surface spanning from the one end to the other end; wherein the shoe member further defines a first side void proximate the first lateral end, a second side void proximate the second lateral end, and the first side void terminates a first predetermined distance from the first lateral end and the second side void terminates a second predetermined distance from the second lateral end.