Vehicle track providing enchanced steerability

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B - Operations, Transporting

62

D

B62D 55/24 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2436493

A vehicle track includes an endless belt. A plurality of laterally-elongated propulsive lugs and longitudinally-elongated turning lugs extend outwardly from an outer side of the endless belt. The propulsive lugs provide substantially longitudinally facing surfaces that dig into the snow to give the vehicle track propulsion and braking traction. However, the gripping force of the propulsive lugs impedes the longitudinally-elongated track's ability to pivot about a generally vertical axis as the tracked vehicle turns. The turning lugs include longitudinally- elongated side surfaces that substantially face in the lateral direction of the track. When the tracked vehicle is steered, the fuming lugs form laterally-facing ramps that push the track upwardly away from the snow in response to lateral forces exerted by the snow on the fuming lugs. The resulting upward track movement partially disengages the propulsion and fuming lugs from the snowy to enhance the track's steerability.

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