CRAWLER VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; convertible crawler vehicles. SUBSTANCE: proposed crawler vehicle consists of short-base truck bogie taking only of load of engine- transmission unit. It carries driving axle with gear differential, track driving sprockets and track rollers. Engine- transmission unit includes frame, front axle on which skis or wheels are mounted to take up the rest of load from engine-transmission unit. It includes also mechanism, cab, passenger-and-cargo compartment, engine, gearbox, propeller shaft and brake system. Front axle is installed with displacement forward in direction of engine- transmission unit relative to place of its installation manufacturer's. Front axle is connected to front ends of two longitudinal sidemembers. The latter are connected by their middle parts, provided with brackets with support flats, to front springs of engine-transmission unit in place of connection of front axle at manufacturer's and it is hinge- connected by other rear L-shaped ends through brackets to frame of engine-transmission unit. EFFECT: simplified design of mechanism providing steering of crawler vehicle. 6 cl, 2 dwg