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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Kevin Lee Steiner, Tremont, IL (US);
Timothy Arthur Thorson, Morton, IL (US);
Mark Steven Diekevers, Germantown Hills, IL (US);
Caroline Marie Brewer, Peoria, IL (US);
Gregory J. Kaufmann, Metamora, IL (US);
Temitope Olayemi Akinlua, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A track link for a ground-engaging track includes an elongate link body having a lower hardness material forming a lower mounting surface for mounting a track shoe, and a sacrificial higher hardness material forming an upper rail surface for contacting rotatable track engaging elements. The lower hardness and higher hardness materials transition at a material interface within the elongate link body, and the material interface is longitudinally non-uniform, such that the sacrificial higher hardness material has a varying depth from the upper rail surface to retard scalloping.