Patent ID: 7396091
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A caterpillar or track-laying band chain ( 1 ) for tracked vehicles and snowmobiles, comprising two individual, exchangeable band segments ( 15 ), in which each said band segment ( 15 ) has a rubber basic body ( 2 ), including inserts ( 5 ) which are vulcanized in said basic body and are loadable under tension, said inserts ( 5 ) being each wrapped around a respective tie-rod ( 6 ) which is fastened transversely in the basic body ( 2 ) in the region of attachment areas ( 3 , 4 ) of the band segments ( 15 ), connectors ( 10 ) which connect the tie-rods ( 6 ) of said two band segments ( 15 , 27 ) to one another, each of said tie-rods comprising a tube ( 6 ), each said tube ( 6 ) including a rubber-mounted bolt ( 20 , 21 ), the bolts ( 20 , 21 ) being rotationally fixed by said connectors ( 10 ), the attachment areas ( 3 , 4 ) each consisting of two said tubes ( 6 ), including rubber mountings ( 18 ) for said bolts, the bolts ( 20 ) and the connectors ( 10 ) lying within one chain pitch ( 31 ) and being of a flexible construction produced by the rubber mountings ( 18 ).