STEERING DRIVE OF CRAWLER VEHICLE WITH FINAL REDUCTION UNITS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC B62D11/00 

FIELD: mechanical engineering; crawler vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: proposed steering drive of crawler vehicle with final reduction units, contains steering control mechanism, two articulated lever drives, each including front cross shaft, longitudinal sections tie-rod with cam and stern cross shaft connected by tie-rod with lever of final reduction unit distributor. Steering control mechanism consists of two parallel control shafts interconnected by steering wheel provided with opposite arc-shaped slots in base, shaft being hinge secured by angle locking mechanism in different positions, and two bearing supports of inclined plate of crawler vehicle body. Each control shaft is coupled with corresponding front cross shaft by articulated lever system, and is provided with arc-shaped neck designed for engagement with corresponding slot of steering wheel. Steering wheel is made for alternating angular displacement with one of control shafts with simultaneous fixing of other control shaft in initial position.

EFFECT: provision of drive with one steering control member of crawler vehicle with final reduction units, each provided with independent control drive.

2 cl, 3 dwg