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- the invention relates generally to tracked vehicles having adjustable suspensions. More particularly, it relates to agricultural tractors with tracked suspensions having lateral adjustability and internal track strain absorption.
- Tracked vehicles have been provided for use in agricultural operations that provide a fixed track width.
- One of the reasons the tracked width is fixed is because the drive axle extending from the vehicle and coupled to the drive wheel is neither easily removable or adjustable since it must be strong enough to resist bending forces applied to it by the track spring tension. It is an object of this invention to provide an agricultural tractor that is more easily adjusted for lateral track width. It is an object of this invention to provide such a tractor by absorbing track tension stresses within the tracked suspension itself, and not transmitting them to the drive axle.
- a tracked suspension for a work vehicle including an endless track, a suspension frame configured to be slidably and fixedly mounted to at least one suspension beam extending from a frame of the vehicle, a beam extending parallel to a direction of travel and pivotally coupled to the suspension frame about a first pivotal axis substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel, a first idler wheel coupled to a fore portion of the beam and rotatable with respect thereto, a second idler wheel coupled to a rearward portion of the beam and rotatable with respect thereto, a belt tensioner configured to tension the endless track, a drive wheel support fixed to the suspension frame, a drive wheel rotatably coupled to the drive wheel support and having a drive wheel rotational axis, and a drive wheel axle rotationally coupled to the drive wheel to drive the drive wheel in rotation, wherein the track tensioner is disposed to tension the track about the periphery of the drive wheel and the first and second idler wheels
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an agricultural tractor in accordance with the present invention having left and right front and left and right rear tracked suspensions, each supported on beams extending from the tractor;
- FIG. 2 is a top view of the tractor of FIG. 1, showing the track arrangement of the tracked suspensions, in an extended and retracted position, together with the differentials and transmission;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a typical tracked suspension of the tractor of FIGS. 1 and 2;
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a typical tracked suspension of the tractor of FIGS. 1 - 3 from the tractor side of the suspension;
- FIG. 5 shows a partial cross-sectional view of a drive wheel and drive wheel support for a typical suspension of the tractor of FIGS. 1 - 4 ;
- FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of an idler beam and associated idler wheels and roller wheels.
- an agricultural tractor 10 is illustrated supported by four tracked suspensions 12 , 14 , 16 , 18 .
- Each of these suspensions is slidably mounted on two associated beams 20 , extending laterally outward from the vehicle at each suspension point.
- the beams are preferably disposed in a fore-and-aft arrangement such as that shown from right front suspension 12 in FIG. 1.
- Suspensions 12 , 14 , 16 , 18 are each driven by drive axles 36 , 38 , 40 , 42 .
- the left front and right front suspensions are coupled to a front frame 44
- the left rear and right rear suspensions are coupled to a rear frame 46 .
- the left and right front suspension beams are fixed with respect to and extend from front frame 44 .
- the left and right rear suspension beams are fixed with respect to and extend from rear frame 46 .
- a middle frame 48 is provided that is pivotally coupled to both front frame 44 and rear frame 46 via two articulation joints 50 , 52 .
- Front articulation joint 50 pivotally couples front frame 44 and middle frame 48 and permits pivotal movement between the two, primarily in a horizontal plane.
- Rear articulation joint 52 is coupled between middle frame 48 and rear frame 46 and permits pivotal motion between middle frame 48 and rear frame 46 , primarily in a horizontal plane.
- Engine 54 is fixedly mounted to front frame 44 and drives the tractor 10 . It is coupled via a drive shaft 56 to transmission 58 which is driven by engine 54 .
- Transmission 58 drives front drive shaft 60 and rear drive shaft 62 .
- Front drive shaft 60 is coupled between transmission 58 and front differential 64 and transmits power from transmission 58 to front differential 64 to drive front differential 64 .
- Rear drive shaft 62 is similarly coupled between transmission 58 and rear differential 66 and transmits power from transmission 58 to rear differential 66 .
- Front differential 64 drives laterally opposed left front suspension 12 and right front suspension 14 .
- Rear differential 66 drives laterally opposed left rear suspension 16 and right rear suspension 18 .
- Each of the three drive shafts 56 , 60 , 62 includes a flexible coupling 68 , 70 , 72 disposed in its length to permit relative motion between the differentials and the transmission and between the transmission and the engine to allow the front, middle and rear frames to pivot with respect to each other about their flexible couplings.
- Each of the four tracked suspensions 12 , 14 , 16 , and 18 are preferably the same, a single example of which is illustrated in FIGS. 3 - 6 .
- the discussion below is directed to single suspension, but applies equally to all four.
- the tracked suspensions on the left side are mirrored on the right side of the vehicle.
- Internal details of the front and rear differentials are disclosed in the application entitled “Track Vehicle Track Width Adjustment,” Attorney Docket No. 018483/0513, filed contemporaneously herewith and incorporated herein by reference for all that it teaches.
- Each tracked suspension includes a drive wheel assembly 100 mounted on an idler wheel carriage 102 which supports the idler and roller wheels.
- the idler wheel carriage is slidably supported on two beams 20 that extend laterally from the front or rear frame of the vehicle.
- Idler wheel carriage 102 is pivotally coupled to idler wheel assembly 104 .
- the drive wheel assembly includes a drive wheel 106 rotationally supported on a drive wheel support 108 .
- Drive wheel 106 includes a rim 110 that is bolted to drive wheel hub 112 which is supported in rotation by drive wheel support 108 .
- Drive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted to idler wheel carriage 102 .
- Drive wheel 106 is supported on bearings 114 , 116 and 118 which permit the drive wheel to rotate with respect to drive wheel support 108 .
- Drive wheel 106 is driven by ring gear 121 disposed between and fixedly mounted to inner and outer portions of drive wheel hub 112 .
- Drive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted to idler wheel carriage 102 both on the inboard side and the outboard side of drive wheel 106 .
- a downwardly extending flange 120 of drive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted to inboard carriage support 122 .
- a cylindrical portion 124 of drive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted to a plate 126 extending upward from outboard carriage support 128 .
- Drive wheel support 108 also supports an outboard end of drive axle 130 in rotation.
- the outboard end of drive axle 130 is rotationally coupled to flexible coupling 132 , which in turn is coupled to stub axle 134 .
- a sun gear 136 is fixedly mounted to stub axle 134 and engages a plurality of planetary gears 138 (only one shown for convenience) that are supported in rotation by drive wheel support 108 .
- Planetary gears 138 engage and drive ring gear 121 .
- drive axle 130 when drive axle 130 is rotated, it drives sun gear 136 in rotation, which drives planetary gears 138 in rotation, which drive ring gear 121 and therefore drive drive wheel hub 112 in rotation.
- Rim 110 includes to axially extending flanges 140 and 142 that support and drive track 144 .
- a recess 146 is located between the two flanges and receives lugs 148 extending inwardly from an inner surface of track 144 .
- a plurality of axially extending rods 150 extend between and are fixed at both ends with respect to axially extending flanges 140 and 142 and across the recess. Each of these rods 150 engage lugs 148 and drive track 144 about the periphery of drive wheel 106 .
- Idler wheel carriage 102 includes two laterally extending members (or brackets) 152 , 154 that are coupled to beams 20 extending from the vehicle's frame. Inboard and outboard carriage supports 122 and 128 extend between and are fixedly mounted to laterally extending members 152 and 154 . Carriage support 122 is disposed inboard of drive wheel 106 and carriage support 128 is disposed outboard of drive wheel 106 . Carriage supports 122 and 128 define carriage pivots 156 and 158 , respectively, which pivotally support idler beam 160 of idler wheel assembly 104 .
- idler beam 160 is permitted to rotate about a substantially horizontal pivotal axis 161 that extends laterally with respect to the vehicle and is defined by carriage pivots 156 and 158 .
- This pivotal axis is preferably disposed below the drive wheel's rotational axis, and above and between the rotational axes of idler wheels 162 and 164 .
- the pivotal axis preferably intersects the drive wheel.
- Each of the carriage pivots includes an inboard and outboard pin supports 166 , 168 having holes through which pins 170 are inserted. Pins 170 extend laterally with respect to the vehicle, and are substantially coaxial. Pins 170 are supported at their inner and outer ends by their associated inboard and outboard supports.
- Each of the laterally extending members 152 and 154 have a plurality of holes 172 through which bolts 174 are inserted. Similarly spaced holes 176 are provided on beams 20 to receive these bolts.
- the bolts are removed and the suspension is slid inward or outward on beams 20 until a new set of holes on the laterally extending members and the beams are aligned.
- Surfaces 178 and 180 on laterally extending members 152 , 154 are substantially parallel where intersected by a horizontal plane or planes and mate with similar parallel surfaces 182 , 184 on beams 20 .
- the bolts are been reinserted in the newly aligned holes and tightened.
- alignment marks are preferably provided on at least one beam and its corresponding tracked suspension for each of the four suspensions of the vehicle.
- Idler wheel assembly 104 includes an elongate horizontally extending idler beam 160 which supports idler wheels 162 and 164 (and roller wheels 186 and 188 ) in rotation. Pivot ears 191 and 193 are fixedly mounted to idler beam 160 and extend upwardly and outwardly to pivotally engage carriage pivots 158 and 156 , respectively. In this manner, idler wheel assembly 104 and its two idler and two roller wheels, pivot with respect to drive wheel 106 about the pivotal axis defined by carriage pivots 156 and 158 .
- Idler wheels 162 and 164 are biased away from each other by coil spring 190 disposed between the idler wheels and above idler beam 160 . Both idler wheels are in the form of two discs spaced apart from each other and sharing a common rotational axis.
- a pivotal link 192 is pivotally coupled to an end of idler beam 160 .
- Idler wheel 164 is rotationally coupled to pivotal link 192 , having a disk disposed on either side of pivotal link 192 .
- An elongate member 194 is pivotally coupled to an upper end of pivotal link 192 and biases pivotal link 192 outward with respect to idler beam 160 .
- elongate member 194 abuts a first end of spring 190 which pushes the elongate member outward with respect to idler beam 160 .
- a second end of spring 190 abuts piston rod 196 which extends from and is biased toward spring 190 by hydraulic cylinder 198 .
- piston rod 196 is forced out of the cylinder and toward the spring, compressing this spring and biasing idler wheel 164 outward.
- track 144 which extends about the periphery of idler wheel 162 , idler wheel 164 , and drive wheel 106 , can be appropriately tensioned or pre-loaded.
- Spring 190 is shrouded by spring housing 200 which extends around the outside of spring 190 on an upper surface of idler beam 160 and keeps dirt and other contaminants from filling the coils of spring 190 .
- Hydraulic cylinder 198 and spring housing 200 are fixedly mounted to an upper surface of idler beam 160 .
- Idler wheel 162 is supported by the other end of idler beam 160 and rotates with respect thereto.
- Roller wheels 186 and 188 are also mounted on bearings to idler beam 160 for rotation with respect to idler beam 160 . These wheels are disposed between idler wheels 162 and 164 and are also in the form of two discs, one disposed on either side of idler beam 160 .
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- The invention relates generally to tracked vehicles having adjustable suspensions. More particularly, it relates to agricultural tractors with tracked suspensions having lateral adjustability and internal track strain absorption.
- Tracked vehicles have been provided for use in agricultural operations that provide a fixed track width. One of the reasons the tracked width is fixed is because the drive axle extending from the vehicle and coupled to the drive wheel is neither easily removable or adjustable since it must be strong enough to resist bending forces applied to it by the track spring tension. It is an object of this invention to provide an agricultural tractor that is more easily adjusted for lateral track width. It is an object of this invention to provide such a tractor by absorbing track tension stresses within the tracked suspension itself, and not transmitting them to the drive axle.
- In accordance with the first embodiment of the invention, a tracked suspension for a work vehicle is provided including an endless track, a suspension frame configured to be slidably and fixedly mounted to at least one suspension beam extending from a frame of the vehicle, a beam extending parallel to a direction of travel and pivotally coupled to the suspension frame about a first pivotal axis substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel, a first idler wheel coupled to a fore portion of the beam and rotatable with respect thereto, a second idler wheel coupled to a rearward portion of the beam and rotatable with respect thereto, a belt tensioner configured to tension the endless track, a drive wheel support fixed to the suspension frame, a drive wheel rotatably coupled to the drive wheel support and having a drive wheel rotational axis, and a drive wheel axle rotationally coupled to the drive wheel to drive the drive wheel in rotation, wherein the track tensioner is disposed to tension the track about the periphery of the drive wheel and the first and second idler wheels without transferring tension to the drive wheel axle.
- Other principal features and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon review of the following drawings, the detailed description and the appended claims.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an agricultural tractor in accordance with the present invention having left and right front and left and right rear tracked suspensions, each supported on beams extending from the tractor;
- FIG. 2 is a top view of the tractor of FIG. 1, showing the track arrangement of the tracked suspensions, in an extended and retracted position, together with the differentials and transmission;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a typical tracked suspension of the tractor of FIGS. 1 and 2;
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a typical tracked suspension of the tractor of FIGS.1-3 from the tractor side of the suspension;
- FIG. 5 shows a partial cross-sectional view of a drive wheel and drive wheel support for a typical suspension of the tractor of FIGS.1-4; and
- FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of an idler beam and associated idler wheels and roller wheels.
- Before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments or being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
- Referring to FIGS.1-6, an agricultural tractor 10 is illustrated supported by four tracked
suspensions beams 20, extending laterally outward from the vehicle at each suspension point. The beams are preferably disposed in a fore-and-aft arrangement such as that shown fromright front suspension 12 in FIG. 1. -
Suspensions drive axles front frame 44, the left rear and right rear suspensions are coupled to arear frame 46. The left and right front suspension beams are fixed with respect to and extend fromfront frame 44. The left and right rear suspension beams are fixed with respect to and extend fromrear frame 46. Amiddle frame 48 is provided that is pivotally coupled to bothfront frame 44 andrear frame 46 via twoarticulation joints Front articulation joint 50 pivotally couplesfront frame 44 andmiddle frame 48 and permits pivotal movement between the two, primarily in a horizontal plane.Rear articulation joint 52 is coupled betweenmiddle frame 48 andrear frame 46 and permits pivotal motion betweenmiddle frame 48 andrear frame 46, primarily in a horizontal plane. -
Engine 54 is fixedly mounted tofront frame 44 and drives the tractor 10. It is coupled via adrive shaft 56 to transmission 58 which is driven byengine 54. Transmission 58, in turn, drives front drive shaft 60 andrear drive shaft 62. Front drive shaft 60 is coupled between transmission 58 andfront differential 64 and transmits power from transmission 58 tofront differential 64 to drivefront differential 64.Rear drive shaft 62 is similarly coupled between transmission 58 and rear differential 66 and transmits power from transmission 58 to rear differential 66. -
Front differential 64 drives laterally opposed leftfront suspension 12 and rightfront suspension 14. Rear differential 66 drives laterally opposed leftrear suspension 16 and rightrear suspension 18. Each of the threedrive shafts flexible coupling 68, 70, 72 disposed in its length to permit relative motion between the differentials and the transmission and between the transmission and the engine to allow the front, middle and rear frames to pivot with respect to each other about their flexible couplings. - Each of the four tracked
suspensions - Each tracked suspension includes a
drive wheel assembly 100 mounted on anidler wheel carriage 102 which supports the idler and roller wheels. The idler wheel carriage is slidably supported on twobeams 20 that extend laterally from the front or rear frame of the vehicle. Idlerwheel carriage 102 is pivotally coupled toidler wheel assembly 104. - There are two beams extending from the left front of the vehicle which support the left front tracked suspension, two beams that extend from the from the right front of the vehicle that support the right front tracked suspension, two beams that extend from the left rear of the vehicle that support the left rear tracked suspension, and two beams that extend from the right rear of the vehicle that support the right rear tracked suspension.
- The drive wheel assembly includes a
drive wheel 106 rotationally supported on adrive wheel support 108.Drive wheel 106 includes arim 110 that is bolted to drivewheel hub 112 which is supported in rotation bydrive wheel support 108.Drive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted toidler wheel carriage 102.Drive wheel 106 is supported onbearings 114, 116 and 118 which permit the drive wheel to rotate with respect to drivewheel support 108.Drive wheel 106 is driven byring gear 121 disposed between and fixedly mounted to inner and outer portions ofdrive wheel hub 112.Drive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted toidler wheel carriage 102 both on the inboard side and the outboard side ofdrive wheel 106. On the inboard side, a downwardly extendingflange 120 ofdrive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted toinboard carriage support 122. On the outboard side, acylindrical portion 124 ofdrive wheel support 108 is fixedly mounted to aplate 126 extending upward fromoutboard carriage support 128.Drive wheel support 108 also supports an outboard end ofdrive axle 130 in rotation. The outboard end ofdrive axle 130 is rotationally coupled toflexible coupling 132, which in turn is coupled tostub axle 134. Asun gear 136 is fixedly mounted tostub axle 134 and engages a plurality of planetary gears 138 (only one shown for convenience) that are supported in rotation bydrive wheel support 108.Planetary gears 138, in turn, engage and drivering gear 121. In this manner, when driveaxle 130 is rotated, it drivessun gear 136 in rotation, which drivesplanetary gears 138 in rotation, which drivering gear 121 and therefore drivedrive wheel hub 112 in rotation. - Rim110 includes to axially extending
flanges drive track 144. Arecess 146 is located between the two flanges and receiveslugs 148 extending inwardly from an inner surface oftrack 144. A plurality of axially extendingrods 150 extend between and are fixed at both ends with respect to axially extendingflanges rods 150 engagelugs 148 and drivetrack 144 about the periphery ofdrive wheel 106. -
Idler wheel carriage 102 includes two laterally extending members (or brackets) 152, 154 that are coupled tobeams 20 extending from the vehicle's frame. Inboard and outboard carriage supports 122 and 128 extend between and are fixedly mounted to laterally extendingmembers Carriage support 122 is disposed inboard ofdrive wheel 106 andcarriage support 128 is disposed outboard ofdrive wheel 106. Carriage supports 122 and 128 define carriage pivots 156 and 158, respectively, which pivotally support idler beam 160 ofidler wheel assembly 104. In this manner, idler beam 160 is permitted to rotate about a substantially horizontal pivotal axis 161 that extends laterally with respect to the vehicle and is defined by carriage pivots 156 and 158. This pivotal axis is preferably disposed below the drive wheel's rotational axis, and above and between the rotational axes ofidler wheels Pins 170 extend laterally with respect to the vehicle, and are substantially coaxial.Pins 170 are supported at their inner and outer ends by their associated inboard and outboard supports. Each of the laterally extendingmembers holes 172 through whichbolts 174 are inserted. Similarly spacedholes 176 are provided onbeams 20 to receive these bolts. To adjust the position of the tracked suspension with respect to the vehicle, the bolts are removed and the suspension is slid inward or outward onbeams 20 until a new set of holes on the laterally extending members and the beams are aligned.Surfaces members parallel surfaces beams 20. At this point, the bolts are been reinserted in the newly aligned holes and tightened. To make this adjustment relatively trouble free, alignment marks are preferably provided on at least one beam and its corresponding tracked suspension for each of the four suspensions of the vehicle. -
Idler wheel assembly 104 includes an elongate horizontally extending idler beam 160 which supportsidler wheels 162 and 164 (and roller wheels 186 and 188) in rotation. Pivotears idler wheel assembly 104 and its two idler and two roller wheels, pivot with respect to drivewheel 106 about the pivotal axis defined by carriage pivots 156 and 158. -
Idler wheels pivotal link 192 is pivotally coupled to an end of idler beam 160.Idler wheel 164 is rotationally coupled topivotal link 192, having a disk disposed on either side ofpivotal link 192. Anelongate member 194 is pivotally coupled to an upper end ofpivotal link 192 and biasespivotal link 192 outward with respect to idler beam 160. The inner end ofelongate member 194 abuts a first end of spring 190 which pushes the elongate member outward with respect to idler beam 160. A second end of spring 190 abutspiston rod 196 which extends from and is biased toward spring 190 byhydraulic cylinder 198. By fillinghydraulic cylinder 198 with hydraulic fluid,piston rod 196 is forced out of the cylinder and toward the spring, compressing this spring and biasingidler wheel 164 outward. In this manner,track 144, which extends about the periphery ofidler wheel 162,idler wheel 164, and drivewheel 106, can be appropriately tensioned or pre-loaded. Spring 190 is shrouded byspring housing 200 which extends around the outside of spring 190 on an upper surface of idler beam 160 and keeps dirt and other contaminants from filling the coils of spring 190.Hydraulic cylinder 198 andspring housing 200 are fixedly mounted to an upper surface of idler beam 160.Idler wheel 162 is supported by the other end of idler beam 160 and rotates with respect thereto.Roller wheels 186 and 188 are also mounted on bearings to idler beam 160 for rotation with respect to idler beam 160. These wheels are disposed betweenidler wheels - Thus, it should be apparent that there has been provided in accordance with the present invention an improved tracked suspension that fully satisfies the objectives and advantages set forth above. Although the invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, it is evidence that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and broad scope of the appended claims.
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