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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Herrebertus E. J. Tempelman, Paris, CA;
Ihab Ragai, Guelph, CA;
Paul R. Bigoney, Newport, NH (US);
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A track rod for laterally locating an axle assembly with respect to a vehicle frame. The disclosed track rod is especially useful for large off highway vehicles. The track rod includes a first end piece pivotally connected to a vehicle structure such as a frame and a second end piece pivotally connected to a vehicle axle, one of the end pieces includes a housing having a fixed, force-receiving member The housing is adapted to receive a first elastomenc member located in a juxtaposed position with respect to one side of the fixed member A floating plate slidably received in the housing is located in a juxtaposed position with respect to the first elastomenc member The other end piece includes a portion receivable by the housing. A second elastomenc member is positioned between the end piece portion and the fixed member.