Endless track with various hardnesses for a recreational vehicle
View Patent ↗An endless track for a recreational vehicle, such as a snowmobile on all-terrain vehicle, is formed of an endless body made of rubber material having a ground engaging side and an inner side, the outer side displaying a series of longitudinally spaced profiles extending along the track; the track is characterized in that the rubber material of one profile has a hardness which is greater than the hardness of the rubber material of one or more of the succeeding profiles.
1. A track for a recreational vehicle comprising:
an endless body made of rubber material having a ground engaging side and an inner side; and
a series of longitudinally spaced rows of propulsive profiles on said ground engaging side, said longitudinally spaced rows of propulsive profiles extending in a lateral direction of the track,
wherein the rubber material of all profiles of one row has a hardness which is greater than the hardness of the rubber material of all profiles in one or more succeeding rows.
2. An endless track as defined in claim 1 , characterized in that the rubber material having greater hardness has a value of between 75 and 90 duro A.
3. An endless track as defined in claim 2 , wherein the rubber material of the succeeding profile has an hardness value of between 55 and 75 duro A.