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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Akira Hashimoto, Osaka-fu, JP;
Teiji Yamamoto, Osaka-fu, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakaishi, Osaka-fu, JP;
Kenichi Hisamatsu, Osaka-fu, JP;
Seiji Miyaura, Osaka-fu, JP;
Komatsu Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a travelling crawler belt in which a pair of left and right links are connected by pins respectively press-fitted into the corresponding links, a fixing end surface of the pin or the links is continuously and locally pressed and deformed in an axial direction of the pin from the fixing end surface, along an inner or outer peripheral portion of an opening of a pin-press-fit hole. Then, a part of the opening peripheral portion of the end of the pin or the link is enlarged or reduced in diameter, so that the diametrically increased or reduced portion is retained and fixed to a mating retaining space. With this fixing method, it is possible to easily and strongly couple the links and the pin, and to obtain a fixing structure of the links and the pin for a crawler belt capable of sufficiently securing a holding force of the pin in the axial direction. When the pin is fixed at the time of the assembling of the pin, an existing press can be used without requiring any exclusive machine, and it is possible to easily and reliably assemble the links and the pin for the crawler belt.