Vehicle and endless track structure therefor
    1.
    发明授权
    Vehicle and endless track structure therefor 失效
    车辆和无尽的轨道结构

    公开(公告)号:US4119356A

    公开(公告)日:1978-10-10

    申请号:US656069

    申请日:1976-02-06

    IPC分类号: B62D55/24 B62M27/02

    摘要: An endless track structure for a vehicle has opposed side edge regions which are elastic and capable of stretching and contracting. When not mounted on the vehicle, the opposed side edge regions of the endless track structure, in their unstressed condition, have a length shorter than their length when the endless track is mounted on a pair of opposed end rolls of the vehicle. Thus, when mounted on the vehicle the opposed side edge regions of the endless track are stretched to a given degree so as to have an initial prestress therein. Thus, when the vehicle executes a turn, the endless track structure will automatically contract at the inside of the turn while becoming stretched to a greater degree at the outside of the turn.

    摘要翻译: 用于车辆的环形轨道结构具有相对的弹性并能够拉伸和收缩的侧边区域。 当没有安装在车辆上时,环形轨道结构的相对的侧边缘区域在其不受应力状态下具有比环形轨道安装在车辆的一对相对的末端辊上时的长度短的长度。 因此,当安装在车辆上时,环形轨道的相对侧边缘区域被拉伸到给定的程度,以便在其中具有初始预应力。 因此,当车辆执行转弯时,环形轨道结构将在转弯的内侧自动收缩,同时在转弯的外侧被更大程度地拉伸。

    Vehicle steering apparatus
    2.
    发明授权
    Vehicle steering apparatus 失效
    车辆转向装置

    公开(公告)号:US3938607A

    公开(公告)日:1976-02-17

    申请号:US435750

    申请日:1974-01-23

    CPC分类号: B62D55/07 B62D11/22

    摘要: A vehicle steering apparatus for a vehicle which has an endless track guided around front and rear rolls. When executing turns substantially larger than the minimum radius of turning of the vehicle, at least the front roll together with the front end of the track are turned to provide for relatively large turns where the rate of turning at the front of the vehicle is greater than the rate of turning at the rear thereof. The front and rear rolls are supported for swivelling movement about substantially upright axes and in one construction of the invention a transmission is connected between the supports for the front and rear rolls to bring about turning of the rear roll and the rear end of the track therewith only after the front roll and the front end of the track therewith have turned through a given angle.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于车辆的车辆转向装置,其具有围绕前辊和后辊引导的环形履带。 当执行大于车辆的最小转弯半径的转弯时,至少前轮与轨道的前端一起转动以提供相对较大的转弯,其中车辆前方的转弯速度大于 在其后方转动的速度。 前辊和后辊被支撑用于围绕基本上直立的轴线的旋转运动,并且在本发明的一个结构中,变速器连接在用于前辊和后辊之间的支撑件之间,以使后辊和轨道的后端随之转动 只有在前轮和其轨道的前端之间已经转过一个给定的角度。

    Steering mechanism for endless track vehicles
    3.
    发明授权
    Steering mechanism for endless track vehicles 失效
    无轨道车辆的转向机构

    公开(公告)号:US4046429A

    公开(公告)日:1977-09-06

    申请号:US628773

    申请日:1975-11-04

    IPC分类号: B62D11/00 B62D11/22 B62D55/24

    CPC分类号: B62D11/00 B62D11/22 B62D55/24

    摘要: A vehicle which has a pair of end rolls and an endless track guided around the end rolls is provided at its endless track with a central substantially non-stretchable region cooperating with the endless track structure to render the latter substantially rigid at the ends of the track which extend around the end rolls to prevent any slipping of the track with respect to the end rolls particularly when at least one of the end rolls is swung about an upright axis to enable the vehicle to execute a turn. On opposite sides of its central endless region the endless track has a pair of opposed lateral regions capable of automatically expanding and contracting when the vehicle executes so that the inside lateral region contracts while the outside lateral region expands during a turn, and the manner of contraction and expansion of these lateral regions of the endless track is such that together with a curving of the central non-stretchable region the endless track assumes a smooth, substantially uniform curved configuration when the vehicle executes turns.

    Steering mechanism for track vehicles
    4.
    发明授权
    Steering mechanism for track vehicles 失效
    轨道车辆转向机构

    公开(公告)号:US3934664A

    公开(公告)日:1976-01-27

    申请号:US438191

    申请日:1974-01-31

    摘要: A vehicle which has a pair of end rolls and an endless track guided around the end rolls is provided at its endless track with a central substantially non-stretchable region cooperating with the endless track structure to render the latter substantially rigid at the ends of the track which extend around the end rolls to prevent any slipping of the track with respect to the end rolls particularly when at least one of the end rolls is swung about an upright axis to enable the vehicle to execute a turn. On opposite sides of its central endless region the endless track has a pair of opposed lateral regions capable of automatically expanding and contracting when the vehicle executes turns so that the inside lateral region contracts while the outside lateral region expands during a turn, and the manner of contraction and expansion of these lateral regions of the endless track is such that together with a curving of the central non-stretchable region the endless track assumes a smooth uniform curve configuration when the vehicle executes turns.

    摘要翻译: 具有一对端辊和围绕端辊引导的环形轨道的车辆在其环形轨道处设置有与环形轨道结构配合的中心基本上不可拉伸的区域,以使后者在轨道的端部处基本上刚性 其围绕端辊延伸以防止轨道相对于端辊的任何滑动,特别是当端板中的至少一个围绕竖直轴线摆动以使车辆能够执行转弯时。 在其中央环形区域的相对侧,环形轨道具有一对相对的侧向区域,当车辆执行转弯时能够自动伸缩,使得内侧横向区域在外侧横向区域在转弯期间膨胀时收缩, 环形轨道的这些横向区域的收缩和膨胀使得当车辆执行转弯时,随着中心不可拉伸区域的弯曲,环形轨道呈现平滑均匀的曲线构型。

    Endless track vehicle having a steerable end and method for operating
the same
    5.
    发明授权
    Endless track vehicle having a steerable end and method for operating the same 失效
    具有可操纵端的无尾履带车辆及其操作方法

    公开(公告)号:US4051914A

    公开(公告)日:1977-10-04

    申请号:US652823

    申请日:1976-01-27

    IPC分类号: B62D11/22

    CPC分类号: B62D11/22

    摘要: An endless track vehicle one end at least of which is steerable, as well as a method for operating the same. Front and rear end roll structures guide an endless track vehicle for movement, and at least one of these structures can be angularly displaced with respect to the frame of the vehicle for the purpose of executing a turn during which one side of the track becomes shorter while the opposite side thereof becomes longer. In order to execute a turn, one of the end roll structures is angularly displaced about an upright axis in a substantially horizontal plane, and at the same time this one end roll structure is free to assume an angular position determined by the endless track which engages the latter end roll structure. A connecting structure is provided for connecting at least the one angularly displaceable end roll structure to the frame of the vehicle, this connecting structure providing for the angular displacement of the one end roll structure to execute a turn while at the same time providing for the end roll structure the capability of freely assuming an angular position determined by the endless track itself.

    Structure for laterally bracing an endless track of a vehicle
    6.
    发明授权
    Structure for laterally bracing an endless track of a vehicle 失效
    用于横向支撑车辆的无限轨道的结构

    公开(公告)号:US3973638A

    公开(公告)日:1976-08-10

    申请号:US542844

    申请日:1975-01-21

    CPC分类号: B62D55/116 B62D11/22

    摘要: A structure for laterally bracing an endless track of a vehicle. The endless track has opposed sides one of which becomes shorter and the other of which becomes longer when the vehicle executes a turn, and the endless track has a longitudinal central portion situated between these opposed sides. A suitable guiding structure is carried in part by the body of the vehicle and in part by the endless track for guiding and laterally bracing the latter, with this guiding structure being situated only along the longitudinal central portion of the endless track so that the guiding of the endless track is applied at the longitudinal central portion thereof in order to laterally brace the endless track when the vehicle executes a turn.

    摘要翻译: 用于横向支撑车辆的环形履带的结构。 环形轨道具有相对的侧面,当车辆执行转弯时,其中一个变得更短,另一个变得更长,并且环形履带具有位于这些相对的侧面之间的纵向中心部分。 合适的引导结构部分地由车体承载,部分由环形轨道承载,用于引导和横向支撑后者,该引导结构仅沿着环形履带的纵向中心部分定位,以便引导 在其纵向中心部分施加环形轨道,以便当车辆执行转弯时横向地支撑环形履带。