Patent ID: 6217135
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A crawler track link member (2) having a tubular body including abutments (5, 6) at opposite ends of said body, guide grooves (1) extending between said abutments, said abutments forming latching means (5, 6) for members (3) which are slidable into said grooves so as to be disposed therein, each said member (3) including a resilient base plate (4) which is engaged at one said abutment (6) having an opening (7) in said tubular body (2) associated therewith, said base plate (4) being slidable over the abutment (6) during respectively insertion and withdrawal from said guide grooves (1) by being accessed through said opening (7), characterized in that the base plate (4) is tongueless in a latching region (10) of said latching means (5, 6), and said base plate (4) includes deformation zones proximate said latching region (10).