US 12,291,291 B2
Segmented wheel
Derek D. Hruska, Lime Springs, IA (US); and Alan D. Gustafson, Lakefield, MN (US)
Assigned to AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/293,016
Filed by AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/056973
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/099946, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,676, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394838 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 55/14 (2006.01); B62D 55/12 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 55/14 (2013.01) [B62D 55/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel for use with an endless track system, the wheel comprising:
at least three substantially identical segments, wherein each of the segments comprises a support portion, a circumferential flange, and a rim portion;
wherein the rim portion is affixed to an outer face of the circumferential flange;
wherein the segments are attached to each other to form the wheel; and
wherein the rim portion defines a plurality of angled grooves arranged such that at least one groove bridges an interface of two segments uninterrupted.