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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Jianping Zheng, Peroia, IL (US);
Daniel Marcel Désiré Angot, Peoria, IL (US);
David Francis Schaefer, Princeville, IL (US);
Selvaraj Kuppannan, Tamit Nadu, IN;
Jianping Zheng, Peroia, IL (US);
Daniel Marcel Désiré Angot, Peoria, IL (US);
David Francis Schaefer, Princeville, IL (US);
Selvaraj Kuppannan, Tamit Nadu, IN;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A sprocket assembly for a track-type machine comprises a plurality of teeth, radially-disposed about a center of the sprocket assembly, each of the plurality of teeth comprising opposing tooth flanks, wherein successive pairs of teeth defines a substantially concave channel for receiving therein a cylindrical pin member associated with a track link member of a continuous track chain, each tooth flank having a tooth angle less than about 17 degrees.