TRACLAYING VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; track-laying vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: proposed track-laying has body which carries internal combustion engine 15, gearbox 14, transfer case 12, differential 13 of front axle with driving wheels 2 and 3, rear axle with driving wheels 4 and 5, bevel drive 10, externally-actuated clutches 8, 9 and 11, track rollers 16 and track guides 6 and 7. internal combustion engine 15 is connected to inlet of gearbox 14. Transfer case 12 is connected by its inlet to outlet of gearbox 14. differential 13 of front axle with driving wheels 2 and 3 is connected by its inlet through, for instance, propeller shaft, to first outlet of transfer case 12. Bevel drive 10 is connected by its outlet through externally-actuated clutches 8 and 9 to rear driving wheels 4 and 5. Inlet of bevel drive 10 is connected through additional externally-actuated clutch 12 to second outlet of transfer case 12.

EFFECT: reduced consumption of engine power at cornering.

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