US 12,454,322 B2
Rubber track for a tracked vehicle, and tracked vehicle comprising said rubber track
Giovanni Pietro Giacomino, Bricherasio (IT)
Assigned to Gruppo Minitop S.R.L., Bricherasio (IT)
Appl. No. 17/920,204
Filed by GRUPPO MINITOP S.R.L., Bricherasio (IT)
PCT Filed Apr. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/053372
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/220119, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000009226 (IT), filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159119 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 55/28 (2006.01); B62D 55/24 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 55/28 (2013.01) [B62D 55/24 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rubber track for a tracked vehicle, said track being of the type that comprises:
a plurality of inner shoes and a plurality of outer shoes, wherein each inner shoe lies opposite to a respective outer shoe,
wherein the inner shoe has a substantially arched shape and is provided with a first intermediate portion and first ends,
and wherein the outer shoe is provided with a second intermediate portion and second ends,
said first ends and second ends being substantially parallel to each other and forming a first contact surface between the inner shoe and the outer shoe;
a support element made of rubber and shaped as an endless ring retained between said inner shoes and said outer shoes, wherein the inner shoes are arranged mutually spaced apart along an inner surface of the support element and the outer shoes are arranged mutually spaced apart along an outer surface of the support element, and wherein the first intermediate portion of each inner shoe is at least partly buried in the support element so that a first portion of each inner shoe is completely encircled by the support element at a location between the first ends;
a plurality of connection elements for creating the junction between each inner shoe and the respective outer shoe, wherein said connection elements are held inside first seats formed in the first ends of each inner shoe and inside second seats formed in the second ends of each outer shoe,
wherein the first intermediate portion of the inner shoe and the second intermediate portion of the outer shoe comprise mutual coupling elements forming a second contact surface between the inner shoe and the outer shoe.