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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene R Groff, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
305 54 ;
Abstract
A shoe assembly of a continuous track of a crawler type vehicle has a vibration damping assembly substantially covering a surface of the shoe to damp shoe vibrations. The vibration damping assembly has at least one plate extending over the surface of the shoe and a viscoelastic material positioned between said shoe and plate for connecting the plate to the shoe.