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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2021
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Gustavo Acosta, Flossmoor, IL (US);
David Jennings Hakes, Princeville, IL (US);
Benoit Abello, Dunlap, IL (US);
Benjamin Isaac Jones, Washington, IL (US);
Udo Nott, Herdecke, DE;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A track chain assembly comprises a plurality of interlocking track chain members wherein each track chain member defines a track chain traveling direction, a lateral direction perpendicular to the track chain traveling direction, and includes a shoe member defining a shoe width along the lateral direction; and a first track pad member defining a first track pad maximum width along the lateral direction, and a second track pad member defining a second maximum track pad width along the lateral direction, wherein a ratio of either track pad maximum widths to the shoe member width ranges from 1:4 to 3:4. The first and the second track pad members each include a first projection disposed at one lateral extremity of the first track pad member and a second projection disposed at another lateral extremity of the second track pad member.