Wheel substitutes for land vehicles inventions 01/09

20090026836 - Link for connecting track shoe of crawler belt, assembly for crawler belt, and crawler belt: A track shoe connecting link 25 has shaft holes 31, 32 at both end portions. In the track shoe connecting link 25, a plurality of insertion holes 39 are formed between the shaft holes 31, 32, and window holes 40, 41 are formed so as to correspond to each insertion... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20090021073 - Crawler traction device: A crawler traction device for a crawler vehicle, in particular a tractor, the device having a carriage, a drive sprocket rotating about a first axis, an idler wheel rotating about a second axis parallel to the first axis. The track is looped about the drive sprocket and the idler wheel... Agent: Cnh America Llc

20090015060 - Stamped dual snowmobile runner and method of manufacture: A runner and method of making a runner for mounting on a snow ski including a runner body fabricated of one piece of stamped metal which includes a central base portion and a pair of longitudinally extending runner portions which are bent downwardly from the base portions in laterally spaced... Agent: MckellarIPLaw, PLLC

20090008990 - Rail slides for track suspension systems: A rail slide for a slide rail suspension system in a vehicle having an endless track, the rail slide having a sliding surface for contacting the endless track, the sliding surface containing one or more grooves aligned at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the rail slide... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090001809 - Tension management system for an endless track of a work machine: A tension management system for generating tension in an endless track of a tracked work machine. The tension management system comprises a biasing element, an idler wheel, a swing link, an idler arm, and a pivotal bracket linking the biasing element with the idler arm. The biasing element generates force... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP