COMBINED DRIVE-STEER AXLE Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC B60K17/32 

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: proposed combined drive-steer axle, which contains reduction gear with two-stage gearing, hinges of equal angular speeds, steering and braking control elements, wheel drives, steering knuckles with hubs and pins. Right and left sleeves are attached to the gearbox housing by means of flanges, which contain a trunnion, a guide, which is a pipe with the possibility of changing the length for adaptation to the vehicle track width. In the reduction gear there is a differential, and in the lower part of the housing of the reduction gear there is a boss for installation of the differential. Gearbox can be installed at different angles relative to vertical axis. Steering elements are made in the form of steering trapezoid, in which hydraulic cylinder is equipped with a mark of central position of hydraulic cylinder piston, which is connected to single-link steering mechanism with steering knuckle levers.

EFFECT: enabling expansion of functional capabilities and capabilities of vehicle layout.

6 cl, 10 dwg