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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
David Hakes, Brimfield, IL (US);
Tom Oertley, Peoria, IL (US);
Jason R. Beckerdite, Morton, IL (US);
Benoit Abello, Dunlap, IL (US);
Thomas Ellmann, Groveland, IL (US);
Thomas J. Kowalski, Franklin, WI (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An undercarriage assembly for a mobile machine includes a continuous track having a plurality of mated track links that can translate with respect to the machine. Each track link may include a shoe portion and a body portion. The body portion includes a plurality of projecting pin lugs each having a pin bore to receive a bin and link adjacent track links together. The pin lugs can include a pair of sprocket lugs for making rolling contact with a sprocket, a pair of roller lugs for making rolling contact with a plurality of rollers, and a side lug having a protruding shoulder to assist in aligning the plurality of rollers.