VEHICLE TRACK Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B62D55/18 

FIELD: transport engineering; crawler vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: proposed track of vehicle contains closing links installed in parallel to each other and interconnected by pins with bushings, each link consists of two semilinks 3 and 4 which are in intimate contact through longitudinal horizontal planes 5. Inclined adjoining cross surfaces 6 and 7 of semilinks 3 and 4 are arranged at both side from horizontal planes, being connected by dowel one end of which is press-fitted in cylindrical hole 9 made in semilink 3 and directed square to mating plane of shoe 10. Blind hole 11 coaxial to cylindrical hole 9 is made in semilink 4. Blind hole 11 is made in form of truncated cone. Second end of dowel, also in form of truncated cone, is fitted in hole 11 being in tight contact with conical surface of hole 11. Shoe is fastened by bolts 12 to closing links.

EFFECT: provision of guaranteed section of tight contact of horizontal division planes of semilinks and conical surfaces of dowel and blind hole.

5 cl, 3 dwg