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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Valcourt, CA;
Soucy International Inc., Drummondville, CA;
Raphael Couture, Sherbrooke, CA;
Yan Roger, Drummondville, CA;
Stephane Pelletier, Drummondville, CA;
Patrick L'herault, St-Majorique de Grantham, CA;
Jeremie Aubin-Marchand, St-Hugues, CA;
Charles Roy, Orford, CA;
BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt, CA;
SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC., Drummondville, CA;
Abstract
A track assembly for a vehicle has a frame; a drive wheel rotatably mounted to the frame; an idler wheel mount pivotally connected to the frame, the idler wheel mount being selectively pivotable between an operating position and a released position; a lock selectively locking the idler wheel mount in the operating position; an idler wheel rotationally connected to the idler wheel mount, the idler wheel being pivotable with the idler wheel mount; and an endless track driven by the drive wheel around the frame. In the operating position of the idler wheel mount, the idler wheel tensions the endless track. Pivoting the idler wheel mount from the operating position to the released position releases at least some tension from the endless track. A vehicle having the track assembly and a method for installing an endless track having derailed from other components of a track assembly are also disclosed.