IP Library Patent Application 10714933
Patent Application
App. No. 10/714,933

Crawler type traveling apparatus

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App. No.
10/714,933
Abstract

In a crawler type traveling apparatus so arranged on each side of a vehicle as to be capable of rocking up and down through each pivot shaft and including a track frame rocking round the pivot shaft, and a final reduction gear inclusive of a sprocket and a hydraulic motor that are provided at an end part of the track frame, the invention provides a crawler type traveling apparatus for achieving a compact and economical piping construction and high reliability. A hydraulic motor is provided on a vehicle inner side with respect to a final reduction gear. Hydraulic passages communicating with the hydraulic motor are formed in a pivot shaft. Ports for connecting respectively a predetermined number of hydraulic piping arrangements connected to the hydraulic motor and the like are formed in an outer peripheral surface of the pivot shaft.

Claims (13)

1 . A crawler type traveling apparatus so arranged on each side of a vehicle as to be capable of rocking up and down through each pivot shaft, comprising:

a track frame rocking around said pivot shaft; and

a final reduction gear inclusive of a sprocket and a hydraulic motor that are provided at an end part of said track frame,

wherein said hydraulic motor is arranged against said final reduction gear close to the inside of said vehicle.

2 . The crawler type traveling apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising hydraulic passages inside said pivot shaft to communicate with said hydraulic motor.

3 . The crawler type traveling apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising ports on an outer peripheral surface of said pivot shaft for respectively connecting a required number of hydraulic piping arrangements to said hydraulic motor.

4 . A crawler traveling apparatus arranged on each side of a vehicle and rocking up and down through a pivot shaft, comprising:

a track frame rocking around said pivot shaft; and

a final reduction gear including a sprocket and a hydraulic motor arranged at an end of said track frame, said hydraulic motor being arranged against said final reduction gear and on an inner side of said vehicle relative to said final reduction gear.

5 . The crawler type traveling apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising hydraulic passages arranged in a middle portion of said pivot shaft for communicating with said hydraulic motor.

6 . The crawler type traveling apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising hydraulic passages arranged in a middle periphery portion of said pivot shaft for communicating with said hydraulic motor.

7 . The crawler type traveling apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising piping connecting said hydraulic passages of said pivot shaft and said hydraulic motor, said connecting pipes being arranged on said inner side of said vehicle relative to said final reduction gear.

8 . The crawler type traveling apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising piping connecting said hydraulic passages of said pivot shaft and said hydraulic motor, said connecting pipes being arranged on said inner side of said vehicle relative to said final reduction gear.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2006
From: KOMATSU AMERICA CORP.; KOMATSU AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CO.
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 017972/0360 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2004
From: KOMATSU AMERICA CORP.
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 015764/0754 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2004
From: DOMMERT, KARL R.; FRANKS, JAMES
To: KOMATSU AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CO.
Reel/Frame 015297/0588 →