Resiliently mounted wheel assembly

- Caterpillar Tractor Co.

a resiliently mounted wheel assembly has a tread ring, an annular member, a plurality of bearing elements for rotatably mounting the tread ring on the annular member, an elastomeric ring member resiliently supporting the annular member, and an arbor mount supporting the elastomeric ring member and being of a construction sufficient for movement of the annular member between two positions spaced a preselected axial distance apart and allowing the tread ring to self-alignably engage a surface.

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Description
Patent History
Patent number: T981004
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 10, 1978
Date of Patent: Apr 3, 1979
Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co. (Peoria, IL)
Inventors: Robert T. McNeely (Peoria, IL), Michael A. Roussin (Peoria, IL)
Application Number: 5/894,676
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: 308/26; 187/95; 308/184R
International Classification: F16C 2706;