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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Glen Raymond Simula, Hancock, MI (US);
Luke Stephen Luskin, Hubbell, MI (US);
David Jon Mckinstry, Calumet, MI (US);
Glen Raymond Simula, Hancock, MI (US);
Luke Stephen Luskin, Hubbell, MI (US);
David Jon McKinstry, Calumet, MI (US);
GSE Technologies, LLC, Houghton, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a multi-purpose ground vehicle () that may serve as a platform () for carrying a payload (). The vehicle has a chassis () and a suspension () mounted to the chassis () for varying ride height and for influencing a response of the chassis () to underlying terrain. Track modules () are associated for the suspension. These modules () can be reoriented independently of each other. Preferably, at least some of the track modules () include a band track () that circumscribe one or more wheels () that are associated with a given track module ().