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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenichi Sakai, Kishiwada, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/524 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/524 ;
Abstract
An elastic crawler including a crawler body ( ) made of a rubbery elastic material in a form of an endless belt, and a tension cord ( ) being buried in the crawler body ( ) along the circumferential direction A thereof and having opposite ends ( ), ( ) which are joined together by overlapping one upon the other so as to arrange the tension cord ( ) as an endless cord having an overlapped joint portion ( ). The overlapped joint portion ( ) of the tension cord ( ) is formed into an arcuate shape protruding on the outer circumferential side of the crawler.