US 12,240,543 B2
Vehicle track pad assembly and method
Rick Atherton, Fayetteville, NC (US); John Bennett Goodloe, Fayetteville, NC (US); Martin Petzoldt, Whispering Pines, NC (US); Jason Gardner, Maxton, NC (US); and James Sugg, Maxton, NC (US)
Assigned to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,229.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,536, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219772 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 55/28 (2006.01); B62D 55/20 (2006.01); B62D 55/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 55/28 (2013.01) [B62D 55/20 (2013.01); B62D 55/06 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle track pad assembly comprising:
a track plate having a plate body with a tread surface and at least one mesh array attached to the tread surface of the plate body, wherein the tread surface comprises interstitial areas defined by cells of the at least one mesh array; and
a polymer pad attached to the at least one mesh array and to the interstitial areas of the tread surface defined by the cells of the at least one mesh array.