Title:
CRAWLER DEVICE FOR A CRAWLER TYPE VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1997/037885
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A crawler device for a crawler type vehicle for lowering the vehicle height and decreasing the vehicle width that exhibits a superior stability at the time of operation. In a crawler type vehicle having on right and left sides of either one of front and rear portions or both portions of a vehicle body (3) crawler devices each having a sprocket (12), an idler (16A) disposed on a truck frame (15) and a caterpillar (11) passed around the sprocket (12) and the idler (16A), a front side link (181) coupled to a front side position of the truck frame (15) by means of a pin (181D) at a lower end portion thereof and to the vehicle body (3) side by means of a pin (181U) at an upper end portion thereof and a rear side link (182) coupled to a rear side position of the truck frame (15) by means of a pin (182D) at a lower end portion thereof and to a rearward position of the front side link (181) on the vehicle body (3) side by means of a pin (182U) at an upper end portion thereof are provided.
Inventors:
HIRAKI HIKOSABURO (JP)
TSUBOTA HARUHIRO (JP)
HORI KAZUTOSHI (JP)
TSUBOTA HARUHIRO (JP)
HORI KAZUTOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1997/001200
Publication Date:
October 16, 1997
Filing Date:
April 08, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KOMATSU MFG CO LTD (JP)
HIRAKI HIKOSABURO (JP)
TSUBOTA HARUHIRO (JP)
HORI KAZUTOSHI (JP)
HIRAKI HIKOSABURO (JP)
TSUBOTA HARUHIRO (JP)
HORI KAZUTOSHI (JP)
International Classes:
B62D55/02; B62D55/065; B62D55/104; B62D55/24; B62D55/30; (IPC1-7): B62D55/104; B62D55/02; B62D55/065; B62D55/24; B62D55/30
Foreign References:
| JPH048682A | 1992-01-13 | |||
| JPH06144306A | 1994-05-24 | |||
| JPH0379421A | 1991-04-04 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 0890502A4
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