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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Caterpillar Global Mining Llc, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Stanley Austin, Racine, WI (US);
Caterpillar Global Mining LLC, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
A walking assembly for a machine includes a walking shoe and a driving assembly including a walking frame, a driving member, and a linkage member pivotally coupled to the driving member and the walking shoe. The walking assembly also includes a sliding assembly coupled to the walking shoe and the walking frame. The sliding assembly includes a support structure adapted to be received within the walking shoe and sliding assembly plate member mounted on the support structure. The sliding assembly further includes a pair of roller chains adapted to roll on a contact surface of the plate member. The sliding assembly includes a sliding shoe adapted to be coupled with the walking frame that is in rolling contact with the pair of roller chains. The sliding assembly also includes a guiding assembly to retain the sliding shoe in rolling contact with the pair of roller chains.