IP Library Granted Patent US 11,046,375
Granted Patent B2
US 11,046,375 · App. 16/181,645 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Track roller unit for an agricultural working machine

Inventors: Robert Obermeier-Hartmann (Bad Driburg, DE); Sascha Rackow (Paderborn, DE)
Assignee: CLAAS Industrietechnik GmbH
B62D55/1125B62D55/125B62D55/14B62D55/24B62D55/30B62D55/244B62D55/305
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Patent No.
US 11,046,375
App. No.
16/181,645
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A track roller unit for an agricultural working machine has at least one first guide roller and one second guide roller. The first guide roller is mounted on a first supporting arm and the second guide roller is mounted on a second supporting arm. At least one support roller is situated between the guide rollers, and a track belt wraps around the guide rollers and the at least one support roller. A hydropneumatic damping element is assigned to at least one guide roller and/or one support roller. At least one regulated restrictor device, which is assigned to a damping element, is provided and is designed in such a way that its flow resistance is adjustable during the operation of the track roller unit.

Claims (18)

1. A track roller unit for an agricultural working machine, comprising:

at least one first guide roller mounted on a first supporting arm;

at least one second guide roller mounted on a second supporting arm,

at least one support roller situated between the at least one first guide roller and the at least one second guide roller,

a track belt wrapped around the at least one first/second guide rollers and the at least one support roller,

at least one hydropneumatic damping element, the at least one hydropneumatic damping element being assigned to at least one of the at least one first/second guide rollers or the at least one support roller, and

at least one regulated restrictor device, which is assigned to the at least one hydropneumatic damping element, the at least one regulated restrictor device being designed to have an adjustable flow resistance during the operation of the track roller unit.

2. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one hydropneumatic damping element includes first and second damping elements, the first damping element is assigned to at least one of the at least first/second guide rollers, and the second damping element is assigned to the at least one support roller, wherein the first damping element and the second damping element are fluidically coupled.

3. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the regulated restrictor device is situated between the first damping element and a pressure accumulator.

4. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the regulated restrictor device is situated in a connecting line between the first damping element and the second damping element.

5. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a pressure accumulator for a first fluid, the pressure accumulator being fluidically connected to the at least one damping element.

6. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one non-return valve assigned to the at least one damping element or regulated restrictor device.

7. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a preset directional flow resistance.

8. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the regulated restrictor device is designed in the form of an adjustable restrictor or a restrictor valve having an adjustable flow cross-section.

9. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the regulated restrictor device, a preset, directional flow resistance, or a non-return valve are/is integrated into a piston of the at least one hydropneumatic damping element.

10. The track roller unit as claimed claim 1 , further comprising a control device configured for the manual or automatic adjustment of the at least one regulated restrictor device during the operation of the track roller unit.

11. The track roller unit as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the control device is configured for controlling or regulating the regulated restrictor device depending on at least one performance parameter.

12. An agricultural working machine comprising at least one track roller unit as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2018
From: OBERMEIER-HARTMANN, ROBERT; RACKOW, SASCHA
To: CLAAS INDUSTRIETECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 047605/0073 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102017126103.6 · Nov 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190135356A1 · May 9, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,728,939