ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,990, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to BAE Systems Hagglunds Aktiebolag (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden).
"Track assembly for a tracked vehicle" was invented by Max Thoren (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden), Bjorn Hellholm (Arnasvall, Sweden) and Filip Byberg (Linkoping, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a track assembly for a tracked vehicle. Said track assembly comprises a track support beam configured to support road wheels, a drive wheel member, and a drive arrangement for drive wheel member operation and an endless track disposed around said road wheels and drive wheel member. Said drive arrangement comprises a brake a...