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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2016
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Ronald Jerome Maier, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Bradley Edelin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dewakar Venkata Jonnakuti, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sanjog Suresh Mankar, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
An idler wheel recoil assembly mounts an idler wheel to a roller frame of an undercarriage of a track-type machine. The idler wheel recoil assembly includes a recoil shaft and spring mounted on the roller frame for reciprocal movement of the recoil shaft, and a swing arm pivotally connected to a guard mounted on the roller frame by a guard mounting assembly and having the idler wheel rotatably mounted thereon. A yoke is pivotally connected between the recoil shaft and the swing arm. A guard mounting assembly connects the guard to the roller frame of the undercarriage and has a plurality of mounting positions for securing the guard to the roller frame, with an idler rise height of the idler wheel relative to the roller frame being different when the guard is secured to the roller frame in each of the plurality of mounting positions of the guard mounting assembly.