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Patent Inventor Names
Brian J. Maclean0
Christopher R. Hirschi0
Ralph W. Pensel0
Stephen C. Jacobsen0
Date of Patent
August 23, 2011
0Patent Application Number
119853240
Date Filed
November 13, 2007
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A suspension system for a lightweight robotic crawler is disclosed. The suspension system provides for mounting of a flexible endless track thereon. The suspension system includes a forward guide and a rearward guide around which the endless track can be looped. A deflector positioned between the forward guide and the rearward guide downwardly deflects a ground-engaging portion of the endless track to form a peaked area. The peaked area can support the lightweight robotic vehicle allowing alteration of a distribution of load over the ground-engaging portion of the endless track with respect to a supporting surface.
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