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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:
Jan. 24, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Sogge, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152 27 ; 152 47 ; 305 21 ; 305 57 ;
Abstract
Wheels of a crawler-type vehicle have rims that are laterally movable relative to the axis in response to a force subjected on the rim. The rim is biased by resilient material to return to its normal position in response to removal of the force on the rim.