Motor vehicles – Steering by driving – Endless flexible track
Patent
1996-12-06
1999-07-20
Mai, Lanna
Motor vehicles
Steering by driving
Endless flexible track
180 962, 180 944, 180 921, 475198, B62D 1110
Patent
active
059245034
ABSTRACT:
A drive system for a work vehicle is provided having a differential gearbox with an output pinion coupled to a bull gear where the bull gear is coupled to an axle and the axle rotates about an axis below that of the bull pinion's rotational axis. The axle is engaged to a drive gear which is in turn coupled to a track. The differential may have two such axles coupled to two suspensions, and may be a part of an articulated vehicle. The vehicle may have two such differentials and suspension arrangements, one in a front frame of the articulated vehicle and one in a rear frame.
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Case Corporation
Lerner Avraham H.
Mai Lanna
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