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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth J Porubcansky, Whitelaw, WI (US);
Charles R Wernecke, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
Manitowoc Crane Group, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180-91 ; 180-923 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for powering the crawlers of a crawler vehicle. The apparatus comprises one or more hydraulic drive motors mounted on the vehicle, car body, a track drive gear box mounted on the crawler, and one or more mechanical drive shafts connected between the hydraulic drive motors and the track drive gear box to transmit power from the drive motors to the track drive gear box. The mechanical drive shafts are disconnectable from between the hydraulic drive motors and the track, drive gear box so as to permit the disassembly and removal of the crawlers from the car body.