Wheel substitutes for land vehicles inventions

20090267406 - Brake assemblies and actuators: A self-energising brake assembly, particularly for braking a drive shaft of a heavy tracked vehicle such as a tank, has a pair of discs carrying friction pads borne to rotate with the shaft. These friction discs are located to either side of a central non-rotating water-cooled disc assembly. A control... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090267407 - Traction assembly for a vehicle: This invention relates to a traction assembly for a vehicle which uses an endless traction band and a plurality of wheels for propulsion. The traction assembly pivots around a pivot point located under the traction axle of the vehicle. This pivot point is preferably longitudinally displaced in relation to such... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20090267408 - Track shoe for caterpillar vehicle: A track shoe fastened on a chain of the caterpillar vehicle includes a body and a buffer block. The body includes an first surface adjacent to the chain, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a third surface, a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, a groove defined... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090261650 - Unitized seal with integral spacer: A unitized seal assembly is provided for installation between linkages of a chain drive designed for tracked vehicles. The seal assembly facilitates field preventative maintenance on the drive chain by utilizing an integral spacer that holds the critical sealing surfaces together at all times, and has a seal head that... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20090256418 - Coreless rubber crawler: A coreless rubber crawler has a tension body embedded in an endless rubber elastic body in the longitudinal direction thereof, lugs (7) formed at the outer peripheral surface of the elastic body, central projections (2) formed at the center in a width direction of the inner peripheral surface of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC