CRAWLER VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; crawler vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: proposed crawler vehicle has body 1 which carries internal combustion engine 16, gearbox 15, front axle differential 13 with drive wheels 2 and 3, interaxle differential 14, rear axle with driven wheels 4 and 5, bevel gearing 10, step-up unit 12, controllable clutches 8, 9 and 11, track rollers 17 and track guides 6 and 7. Internal combustion engine 16 is connected to input of gearbox 15. First output of gearbox 15 is connected to input of interaxle differential 14. Second output of gearbox 15 is connected through controllable clutch 11 to input of step-up unit 12. First output of interaxle differential 14 is connected to input of front axle differential 13. Its second output is connected through shaft of step-up unit 12 to input of bevel gearing 10. Outputs of bevel gearing 10 are connected through controllable clutches 8 and 9 to rear drive wheels 4 and 5. Track guides 6 and 7 are installed on surfaces of rotation of drive wheels 2, 3, 4 and 5 and track rollers 17.

EFFECT: reduced power consumption at cornering.

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