System for the determination of the movement of a caterpillar vehicle
CA 1288161 C · Owner: Clement, Gilles · Inventors: Clement, Gilles; Detriche, Jean-Marie; Villedieu, Eric
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A system determines the movement of a track vehicle along the ground, the track vehicle having at least a first rotatable, endless track for supporting the vehicle on the ground, a drive for causing the movement of the vehicle, and a turning system for changing the direction of the movement of the vehicle. The system has a first traction-improvement device for mounting on the track vehicle. It bears on an innersurface side of the first track with sufficient pressure for a small-surface portion on the opposite side of the first track to engage the ground with a higher pressure than any other portion of the first track, whereby to locate a pivoting axis of the track vehicle in the vicinity …
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- Granted August 27, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 27, 2008.
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