Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powertrain arrangement for a skid-steer vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 用于滑行车辆的动力总成配置
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Application No.: US11018582Application Date: 2004-12-21
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Publication No.: US07294082B2Publication Date: 2007-11-13
- Inventor: Stephen T Lim , Douglas J Quigley , Robert Smyczynski
- Applicant: Stephen T Lim , Douglas J Quigley , Robert Smyczynski
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Mills
- Assignee: Chrysler LLC
- Current Assignee: Chrysler LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Mills
- Agent Thomas A. Jurecko
- Main IPC: F16H48/20
- IPC: F16H48/20

Abstract:
A powertrain arrangement for selectively operating a vehicle in a skid-steer configuration is provided. The arrangement includes an engine coupled to a differential. A first torque transfer mechanism is coupled to a coupling mechanism and arranged to drive a first set of wheels on a side of the vehicle orientated parallel to a wheelbase of the vehicle. A second torque transfer mechanism is coupled to the differential and arranged to drive a second set of wheels on an opposite side of the vehicle. The coupling mechanism is coupled to the differential and includes a rotation selector arranged to selectively engage an output of the differential to provide a torque input to the first torque transfer mechanism of a direction so as to drive the first set of wheels in one of a same and an opposite direction as the second set of wheels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060135307A1 Powertrain arrangement for a skid-steer vehicle Public/Granted day:2006-06-22
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