Wheel substitutes for land vehicles inventions 06/08

20080150355 - Snow and debris deflector for a track system: A deflector for reducing the ingestion of snow and/or other debris in one of the sprocket wheel and the idler wheel area of a vehicle equipped with endless tracks is provided. The deflector generally comprises a rigid plate associated with the vehicle and positioned near the sprocket wheel or the... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20080136254 - Versatile endless track for lightweight mobile robots: A versatile endless track system for a lightweight robotic vehicle is disclosed. The versatile endless track system includes a flexible track configured for threading about a plurality of track supports of the lightweight robotic vehicle. A plurality of traction pads including at least two different types of traction pads is... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080136255 - Endless track belt and method of making same: An endless track belt for use in an industrial or agricultural vehicle is described. The endless rubber track belt includes a rubber carcass having an inner surface having one or more drive lugs and an outer surface having tread lugs. The drive lugs include reinforcement layers that partially or substantially... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080129111 - Rubber crawler: A rubber crawler (1) in which a plurality of parallel metal links (11) is embedded at regular distances from each other in circumferential direction of the rubber belt (22) and extending in cross direction of the rubber belt (22), each metal link (11) comprising a first (3) and second (13)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc