CRAWLER VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; crawler vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: proposed crawler vehicle has body 1 and the following mechanisms mounted on body 1: internal combustion engine 16, gearbox 15, front axle differential 13 with drive wheels 2 and 3, interaxle differential 14, rear axle with drive wheels 4 and 5, bevel gear train 10, step-up unit 12, controllable clutches 8 and 9, additional torque source 11, track rollers 17 and track guides 6 and 7. Internal combustion engine 16 is connected to input of gearbox 15. Output of gearbox 15 is connected to input of interaxle differential 14. First output of interaxle differential 14 is connected to input of front axle differential 13. Second output is connected through shaft of step-up unit 12 to input of bevel gear train 10. Output of bevel gear train 10 are connected through controllable clutches 8 and 9 to rear drive wheels 4 and 5. Additional torque source 11 is connected to input of step-up unit 12. track guides 6 and 7 are installed on surfaces of rotation of drive wheels 2, 3 and 4, 5 and track rollers 17.

EFFECT: reduced power consumption at vehicle cornering.

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