Patent ID: 8083014

Claim:
An undercarriage for a tracked vehicle, comprising: a main frame having a front end and a rear end and defining a longitudinal axis and including a frame body having a front end and a rear end, and an equalizer bar extending laterally and having a first end and a second end, wherein the equalizer bar is mounted proximate the front of the frame body for rotation about a longitudinally extending equalizer bar pivot axis that is approximately centered laterally between the first and second ends of the equalizer bar; a first track frame and a second track frame each having a front end and a rear end; a first front spherical bearing connecting the first end of the equalizer bar and the front end of the first track frame; a second front spherical bearing connecting the second end of the equalizer bar and the front end of the second track frame; a first rear spherical bearing connecting the rear end of the main frame to the rear end of the first track frame; and a second rear spherical bearing connecting the rear end of the main frame to the rear end of the second track frame.