DEVICE TO CONNECT TRACK BOGIE WITH TRACTOR FRAME Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; crawler tractors. SUBSTANCE: device has bracket 1 with axle 2 rigidly secured in frame 3 and mounted on sliding bearings 4 and 5 in seats of track bogie 6. Front end 13 of bogie 6 is connected with frame 3 through cross equalizer 15. End support surface of axle 2 is made cylindrical, with diameter smaller than inner diameter of sliding bearing 4 and is provided with two opposite flats 7 oriented in horizontal plane of tractor frame. Spacer members 8 with segment cross section are installed in spaces between flats 7 and sliding bearings 4. Axle 2 is oriented in space so as to arrange flats in horizontal plane of frame 3. In operation, bogie 6 declines freely towards frame 3 without creating bending forces in bracket 1 in horizontal plane. EFFECT: improved connection of track bogie and tractor frame. 4 dwg