Patent ID: 6918639
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An elastic crawler comprising: a crawler body formed of an elastic material into an endless belt shape; and a tension member including a plurality of tension cords having opposite ends, the tension cords being embedded in the crawler body so as to extend along a circumferential direction of the crawler and to be arranged in parallel to each other in a widthwise direction of the crawler, wherein the tension member is formed into a loop by overlapping opposite end portions of each tension cord, extremities of the opposite ends of each tension cord of the tension member are aligned diagonally with respect to the widthwise direction of the crawler, and wherein an overlapping width of an overlapped portion of the tension member in the widthwise direction of the crawler is smaller than an entire width of the tension member in the widthwise direction of the crawler at any position in the circumferential direction of the crawler.