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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474150 ; 474171 ; 474205 ; 474901 ;
Abstract
A drive system for a 'Caterpillar' vehicle has at least one elastic belt track which is driven by a drive gear in accordance with the principle of a frictional connection, and a further gear which is supported coaxially to the drive gear so that the drive force can be transferred to the coaxially supported gear and it is engaged with the belt track through toothed elements.