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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2024
Claas Industrietechnik Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Sebastian Wagemann, Oelde-Sünninghausen, DE;
CLAAS Industrietechnik GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
A crawler drive for an agricultural work machine, comprising front and rear main wheels, front and rear main frames associated with each respective main wheel, two support wheels, a running belt surrounding the two main wheels, and an articulation point through which the crawler drive is pivotably connected to a body of the agricultural work machine. The two main frames are coupled to one another to pivot about a common pivot axle, the support wheels are arranged on a common support frame, and the support frame is pivotably connected to the front main frame via a support wheel swing arm. The crawler drive further comprises a damping device with at least one piston-cylinder unit and hydraulically acting pressure device. The piston-cylinder unit is coupled at a swing arm end to the support wheel swing arm and at a frame end to the rear main frame.