US 12,344,335 B2
Track and wheel for a track system, and track system comprising the same
Marc Nadeau, Drummondville (CA); Olivier Lacharite, Wickham (CA); Jordan Boisvert, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover (CA); Eric Halstead, Ste-Marie-Madeleine (CA); Leila Brion, Drummondville (CA); Magella Bedard, Drummondville (CA); Francois Laflamme, St-Germain-de-Grantham (CA); and Marc-Antoine Leblanc, Drummondville (CA)
Assigned to SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC., Drummondville (CA)
Filed by SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC., Drummondville (CA)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,676.
Application 18/489,676 is a continuation of application No. 17/911,035, granted, now 11,866,107, previously published as PCT/IB2021/052707, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,083, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,076, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0043078 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 55/24 (2006.01); B62D 55/06 (2006.01); B62D 55/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 55/24 (2013.01) [B62D 55/062 (2013.01); B62D 55/14 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A track for a track system, the track comprising:
an endless elastomeric carcass having a wheel-facing side defining a wheel path for engaging a plurality of wheels of the track system, and a ground-facing side opposite the wheel-facing side for engaging a ground surface,
a plurality of lugs projecting from the wheel-facing side, each lug of the plurality of lugs having a base and a side wall extending from the base, the base being distanced from the ground-facing side by a first distance;
the wheel path having a first track side portion extending adjacent the base of at least two lugs of the plurality of lugs;
wherein the base defines an undercut extending between the side wall and the first track side portion of the wheel path, the undercut defining a recess extending inwardly towards a lateral center of the track, the undercut having a bottom, and the first distance extends between the bottom of the undercut and the ground-facing side of the track.