Drive train

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B - Operations, Transporting

60

K

B60K 17/348 (2006.01) B60K 17/34 (2006.01) B60K 17/346 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2048065

ABSTRACT DRIVE TRAIN The invention provides a drive train for propelling a vehicle capable of being used for transporting ore, coal or broken rock in underground mining operations. The vehicle has front and rear wheelsets, each comprising a right and left side wheel. The drive train comprises drive means such as an electrically driven motor for delivering torque to at least a front wheel and rear wheel on one side of the vehicle. A torque sharing means in the form of an epicyclic gear arrangement is interposed between the motor and the wheels, and operable to share torque delivered by the motor between the front and rear wheels while permitting them to rotate at different speeds in relation to each other. Front and rear transfer means comprising gear trains co-operating with the epicyclic gear arrangement are provided for transferring torque to the front and rear wheels respectively. The front and rear transfer means may be releasably interlocked in order to allow propulsion of thevehicle over slippery or uneven terrain. SPECS\S0031

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