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US 2022/0032912 A1Published application
All-Wheel Drive System And Method For Operating The Same
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsJason R. Fields, Jeffrey M. GOULET
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Abstract
A drive system driving front wheels and rear wheels of a vehicle includes a powertrain comprising an output shaft, a rear driveshaft coupled to the rear wheels, a drive mechanism coupling the output shaft to the rear wheels, a front driveshaft shaft coupled to the front wheels and a prop shaft coupling the rear driveshaft and to the front driveshaft.
Claims20
A drive system driving front wheels and rear wheels of a vehicle comprising:
- a powertrain comprising an output shaft;
- a rear driveshaft coupled to the rear wheels;
- a drive mechanism coupling the output shaft to the rear wheels;
- a front driveshaft coupled to the front wheels;
- and
- a prop shaft coupling the rear driveshaft and to the front driveshaft.
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A method of driving front wheels and rear wheels of a vehicle comprising:
- rotating an output shaft of a powertrain;
- coupling the output shaft to a rear driveshaft through a drive mechanism;
- rotating the rear driveshaft and the rear wheels coupled thereto in response to rotating the output shaft;
- coupling a front driveshaft to the rear driveshaft through a prop shaft;
- and
- rotating the front driveshaft coupled to the front wheels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.