Patent ID: 11964711
Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A track link assembly comprising:
a track link including an upper rail surface and a lower shoe-bolting surface each extending fore-to-aft between a bushing bore and a pin bore defining a bore center axis and through the track link between an inboard link side and an outboard link side, and a bore peripheral surface extending circumferentially around the bore center axis and radially outward from the pin bore;
a track pin swaged to the track link within the pin bore; and
the track link further including a guide protrusion upon the outboard side, the guide protrusion including an outer bump surface that is located outboard of the bore peripheral surface, forward of the pin bore, and in entirety between the bore center axis and the upper rail surface.