CRAWLER VEHICLE FINAL DRIVE (DESIGN VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; final drive. SUBSTANCE: proposed final drive is designed for use in pair with identical final drive for independent drive of tracks. Final drive has trains and control members and gear ratios to provide straight line movement of vehicle. Final drive has one or several additional trains furnished with control members with one or several additional gear ratios to provide preset radius of vehicle turning. Final drive can be provided with one or several additional gear ratios for turning the vehicle at preset radii. EFFECT: enhanced quality of final drive, provision of turning at high speed and safety at turning, enhanced maneuverability and increased mean driving speed. 3 cl, 2 dwg, 2 tbl