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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Stephen C. Jacobsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Brian J. Maclean, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ralph W. Pensel, Sandy, UT (US);
Christopher R. Hirschi, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Stephen C. Jacobsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Brian J. Maclean, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ralph W. Pensel, Sandy, UT (US);
Christopher R. Hirschi, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A suspension system for a lightweight robotic crawler is disclosed. The suspension system provides for mounting of a flexible endless track thereon. The suspension system includes a forward guide and a rearward guide around which the endless track can be looped. A deflector positioned between the forward guide and the rearward guide downwardly deflects a ground-engaging portion of the endless track to form a peaked area. The peaked area can support the lightweight robotic vehicle allowing alteration of a distribution of load over the ground-engaging portion of the endless track with respect to a supporting surface.