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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Evan Thomas Smith, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Alan D. Gustafson, Lakefield, MN (US);
Derek D. Hruska, Lime Springs, IA (US);
AGCO CORPORATION, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
An undercarriage assembly for a work machine including a drive wheel; front and rear idler wheels; an endless track belt about the drive and idler wheels; mid-rollers located between the front and rear idler wheels to engage the endless track belt; a track roller frame mounted on the machine at a main pivot, between front and rear ends of an elongate member, with the front idler wheel connected near the front end of the roller frame; a major bogie connected to the roller frame at a major bogie pivot, and the rear idler wheel connected to a trailing arm of the major bogie; a minor bogie, mounted on a forward arm of the major bogie, and pivotably connected to the major bogie at a minor bogie pivot, and including front and rear axles, supported by a suspension that provides damping between the front and rear axles and the minor bogie pivot.