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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elmer R Crabb, Granbury, TX (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180-944 ; 180-946 ; 305116 ; 305143 ;
Abstract
Track sub-assembly having a castering swing link for supporting a primary idler spindle, the swing link having an upper bore for accepting a first connecting pin and a lower bore for accepting a second connecting pin to define a pivot line, and an offset idler bore offset from the pivot line permitting castering of the primary idler in response to externally imposed force vectors, with self-alignment of the primary idler to its proper tracking position.