UNIVERSAL SUPERHIGH CROSS-COUNTRY CAPACITY VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC B62D57/00 B60K17/36 

FIELD: motor car construction.

SUBSTANCE: claimed vehicle comprises six wheels, three on each side, and drive engine. The latter is engaged via the clutch and gearbox with transfer gearbox. The latter comprises master differential gearbox. Besides, it includes the caterpillar supports, final drives of the front controlled wheels with clutches of their disengagement from the drive. Steering device is composed of dual differential fear with control devices provided with the elements for braking of differential linkage between rear controlled wheels and their final drives, band and hydraulic brakes, extra brake for turn radius equal to wheel gage, water-jets, adapter rocker and transverse drawbars of front and rear controlled wheel trapezoids. Output elements of said master differential gear are coupled via cardan shafts with the front axle and final drive of the rear drive wheels self-locking differential gearboxes. Locked differential gearbox input is engaged with steering mechanism output via dual differential gearbox while is output is engaged with appropriate drive wheels of every side.

EFFECT: improved manoeuvrability.

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